Leaking Static

On Feb 2, 10:03*am, Andy wrote:
On Feb 1, 9:34*am, JJ Sinclair wrote:

Hi Max,
There is a way to install statics, but its probably less work to cut a
4" hole on the bottom and re-plumb your originals.

JJ has no problem with cutting holes because he's very good it fixing
them afterwards

Some people would rather spend a month designing and fabricating a
special tool set than to cut a hole in their nice glider. Someone must
have tackled this problem before and have some tool ideas.

I suppose you could always try contacting an endoscopic surgical
instrument supplier and ask for a demonstration.

Andy

For what it's worth, I have a very slow leak in my rear static line.
The TE, front static and pitot are all leak-free. I only use the rear
static ports for the "static" connection on the 302. The altimeter is
connected to the front static ports, and the 302 (TE connection) and
mechanical vario get TE probe. I did worry about it when I discovered
the leak, but after flying with it I'm glad I didn't go through the
mess of cutting holes and such. Seems to be fine. I checked it again
the following season and the rate of leak did not change. If it gets
bad I'll do something about it. For now, it doesn't seem to be
affecting anything. My varios all work great.