Winter Practices

[Ryan]

Re: Winter Practices

Someone told me they apply the tape before flight and remove afterward. That way it doesn't harden or leave a sticky residue. I'll give it a shot, but don't want to mess up my fairly new paint job, my wife will kill me.

I do the same thing. Remove every flight, no residue. By the way Marty, I use yellow tape...

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: Winter Practices

Black tape would be easier to find, but it would be a lot of trouble to reverse the colors on your plane. ;-)

Hank

[mike lutz]

Re: Winter Practices

use the clear heavy weather proofing tape.

[M Towsley]

Re: Winter Practices

I'm proud of you, Ryan. Now I know I am not the only one.

Hank, they make it in so many colors and designs now you can match just about anything. Paisley, plaid, floral, skulls, etc. Whatever you want. Maybe your pre-war in paisley???

[Robert Lees]

Re: Winter Practices

Use electrical tape (insulation tape). No residue.

Actually, I use Tesa tape (it what glider/sailplane pilots use to seal the joins of those enormously long wings).

Comes in all colours, as long as it's white. But mine is red (special order from ...Achtung!.... Germany).

[senior]

Re: Winter Practices

Can't use an aluminum plate & 4 screws over crankcase opening no wonder I got away from "certified" idiocy,
I use alum plate with 4 PK screws & a little duct tape over the screw heads to prevent loosening, duct tape on grill opening as temp dictates, runs 180 all winter.

[jmvolpp]

Re: Winter Practices

Yesterday's 24 degrees was the first genuinely cold morning this year to remind one of the cabin heater's limitations - also to note the CO monitor has reached its expiry. Crankcase air inlet plate and long underwear described earlier yielded the usual 145-150 oil temp at cruise.

Mike V.