Did you take a risk Jeff, to fly your RV home nevertheless with obvious water damages on your electronics? To me, you are one of the "home builders" and "experimental pilots" who can walk on water, or flying in the sky much like others driving on the ground...!!
Nothing short of Amazing! Cheers, Dr. Hsu On Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 6:03 PM Jeff Scott via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > 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> > *Cc:* "Adam Deem" <deemaviat...@gmail.com> > *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 >> >> -- >> Sent with GMX Mail app >> -- >> KRnet mailing list >> KRnet@list.krnet.org >> https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet > > -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet > -- > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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