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Come on guys. We can be more creative that this! We are the best at
this sort of thing, right? How about inserting a pin or wire coat hanger through the TE hole to act as a temporary guide for the tubing on the inside. You could push a video camera down the fuselage near the hole so you could see what you were doing on a monitor. How about a little hair spray inside the end of the Tygon tubing to lube it up and then lock it in place when it drys? Bicycle shops use this technique to put grips on handle bars. Instead of a coat hangar through the TE hole, how about something that could temporarily expand on the inside and grab the inside of the tygon. Something like a small molly bolt? Or one of those 4 pronged picker-uppers. Or make something out of small brass tubing from the hobby shop that flairs the end when you pull a wire through the middle. Then you could pull the tubing over the inside nipple from the outside by pulling on the molly bolt or whatever. How about suction on the outside TE tube to help grab the tygon when it gets close to the inside nipple with the long pole you made out of lightweight PVC pipe. Or just get a string through the TE probe hole, then thread the string all the way down the Tygon, then just pull into place. You should be able to apply lots of force by pulling on the string through the TE hole if you tie the string off on the cockpit side to the end of the tubing. I like this last idea best, but I bet this list can come up with 10 better ones. Matt |
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