I finally got the RV home today. The only casualty to the internal soaking was the iFly GPS went Tango Uniform. Oddly enough, that's the one piece of electronics that didn't get wet directly. I've got it drying out in the hangar, but the touch screen no longer responds to touch. I also had a high fuel pressure warning on the engine monitor, but my analog gauge indicated all was normal. That was tracked to a "protective" sleeve over the 4 wires from the transducer that got wet inside. As soon as I removed the sleeve, the fuel pressure readings returned to normal. The new radios were fogged over inside the display, as were my gyros, but all worked well and have since dried out. I spent this afternoon redesigning and replacing the weatherstrip seals on the canopy and the boot cowl access hatch, both of which leaked rather badly. The plane is in the hangar with the canopy open and a fan blowing air around the cockpit and up through the panel.
I'll post some photos from the ride home on the FB site. Fascinating weather to fly in.
-Jeff Scott
Arkansas Ozarks
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 at 7:46 PM
From: "Adam Deem via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org>
To: "KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org>
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Subject: Re: KRnet> Not home yet...
From: "Adam Deem via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org>
To: "KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org>
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Subject: Re: KRnet> Not home yet...
Jeff,
I hope all the electronics come out okay. A portable dehumidifier or a few days of airing out in dry weather might help, before attempting to smoke check the systems…
Adam
On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 8:40 PM Jeff Scott via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote:
Other than Zack, I had the shortest trip home. I got within 15 miles of home before I had to turn back and land 50 miles north of home. I made two more attempts during the day yesterday before tying the plane down out in the weather and calling for a ride home. We had IFR conditions and steady rain for 36 hours, finally clearing this evening. I'll go retrieve the RV in the morning. With all the rain, I discovered a lot of water leaks that I'll need to address. In the mean time, I have about $8000 worth of water soaked electronics that I sure hope I didn't kill.--
Had I have been about 30 minutes earlier, I would have been home.
-Jeff Scott
Arkansas Ozarks
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