Life Outside PLT1

Gliding mailing list, part two

March 30, 2007 on 5:56 pm | In Contemplation | | Michael

One of the replies to the pee pump idea:

 

Hi,

This discussion reminds me of a well known pilot who installed a relief

tube for help on long flights. He had an occasion when he really had to use

it. And it worked very well. Waste was funnelled away in the required

manner, but there seemed to be a degree or two of air flow through the

tubing and when it came time to disconnect, everything was stuck together

firmly and it was too painful to just pull apart..

But if you are an experienced glider pilot you really must be a

resourceful person with lateral thinking capability, he just pulled up into

a steep climb and stalled the glider. Pop, everything came apart with no

bad consequences.

The next step was to redesign the operation so the tube didn’t act as a

venturi.

Have fun, think laterally!
All the best,
Ross