Not that anyone advertises this, but has anyone rigged anything up? Used a venturi? Tips and tricks?
I have no shame in saying I plan on installing one haha. I jsut have two criteria. No stains, and no icing.
Not that anyone advertises this, but has anyone rigged anything up? Used a venturi? Tips and tricks?
I have no shame in saying I plan on installing one haha. I jsut have two criteria. No stains, and no icing.
Haha might streak a bit. I was thinking of running it into the exhaust to create a negative pressure that ejects 6" below the fuselage and is hopefully evaporated by the high heat. Insert a valve so there are no fumes.
Funny story.. I went to a concert at a County Fair to hear Roy Clark. Surprised that to introduce him his buddy Chuck Yeager walked on stage. Roy told a story about when Gen. Yeager took him for a ride in the back of a P-51. Roy had to use the relief tube. To shorten the story, yellow ice was involved.
Gatorade bottles, and a lot of caution trying to keep the plane under
control and not get wet pants ... That's what I use. I have often though
about the venturi idea. It isn't far fetched, the Grumman E-2C's I worked
on in the navy had a system for exactly that. With a relief tube at the pilot/copilot seats.
The Gatorade bottle system works better in summer than winter, since
here near Chicago means multiple layers of clothes, which complicates
things ...
Jeff
I don't know , living in Texas and flying this 110 degree summer days, maybe the guy that T J knows in the Jeep may have the right idea!
Humm warm water
No never mind dumb statement!
Paul Zimmermann
LSRM-A
Garland, Texas
What about the "Travel John" from Sportys? I have some in my fox but have not had the need to use one yet. Its like a zip lock bag but with a highly absorbant get inside; so no problem in case of punctures. Anybody tried these?
Jim Ott
Portland, OR
Kitfox SS7 flying
Rotax 912ULS
Hi guys
After doing bracky therapy for prostate cancer quite a few of my flights would be rather short without some method of relief. Probably quite a few of us old guys can relate to this.
Anyway I installed a relief tube beside the stick. Use a "little john " and for longer flights dump down the tube. Takes some practice but better than the other option! !
So far go problem with smell or stains. Have not used it in freezing conditions.
This thread may go on for a while.
You do what you gotta do
Have fun
Don ..
I ended up carrying a
coffee can to drop the used bags in. I eventually settled on using Gatorade
bottles instead. Not the easiest to use in flight in a Kitfox, but they work,
and they're cheap.
Jeff