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Old April 3rd 09, 01:41 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tim Mara[_2_]
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Default How to install tubing on the te probe 1/2 way to the rudder?

never say never )
but you may never do it "again"
tim

Please visit the Wings & Wheels website at www.wingsandwheels.com


You'll never be able to build anything with the dexterity and
precision needed to get a piece of tygon or similar tubing over a
barbed fitting from 9 feet away (okay, maybe shouldn't use "never",
but you get the idea). I helped somebody out with an older Grob
that had the dorsal-mounted TE probe, and the only way we found to do
it was to cut out out the probe very carefully, re-attach the tubing,
then glass it back in. We drilled a 1/8" pilot hole right up against
the flange of the probe, then slipped a hobbyists coping saw blade in
and had at it. If you're very careful, you can minimize the work
area.

There may be a secret to the ASW-15 mounting which I'm not aware of...