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thanks
tim

"Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote in message
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Tim Mara ALWAYS comes through! Way to go Tim!

Bill Daniels

"Tim Mara" wrote in message
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if it's an ESA probe I have replacement socket ends in stock.......
simply heat the old one (hot air gun.not direct flame!) and that should
loosen the epoxy glue and then epoxy the new end in it's place
tim
Wings & Wheels
www.wingsandwheels.com

"Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote in message
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I broke my TE probe at the fin socket. (Imagine cussing and dirt kicking)
After a bit more cussing, I managed to fish the broken end out of the fin
socket. (Of course, I did this AFTER assembling the Nimbus.)

The TE probe appears to have been a RU single function type with
aluminum two-hole tip, O-ring end that inserts into the 8mm fin socket
and carbon fiber tube between. The break was at one of the O-ring
grooves. The probe forward of the break is good. It seems possible
that a new O-ring plug end could be epoxied to the carbon tube.

Q's

Should I just buy a new probe?
Is there a source for the aluminum O-ring part to repair the broken
probe?
Should I abandon the fin mounting altogether and consider converting to
a less vunerable fuselage probe over the wing?

Bill Daniels