When the tube is long enough, there is no problem at all. Not one corroded issue after 50 years of gliding.
Grietje > On 18 Apr 2016, at 3:05 pm, Gary Stevenson <gstev...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Hi Noel, > Good that you cleared that up for Adam. > Re your last line comment: Please confirm that if the wheel well is well > sealed, there is no problem. If this is the case how do you “well seal” a > wheel well? > What is your thought on the fact that Raspett’s “ideal” venting position is > used on ASW 20’s for cockpit ventilation INLET air? > Please tell me more about “Doc Raspett”. > If Raspett is correct, why do JS1’s (a relatively recent design), vent from > the turtle deck? > Where should a piss tube vent be ideally located? [I note here (from > experience), that if your glider has a belly hook, the vent position should > NOT be central in front of that hook, due to ensuing corrosion problems on > the release.] > Do you think that that urine should just be collected to the cockpit and > later disposed of? If so what collection/storage system would you suggest? > > Regards, > Gary > > From: Aus-soaring [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au] On Behalf > Of Noel Roediger > Sent: Monday, 18 April 2016 9:53 PM > To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Nim3: VH-VJS, rudder vent > > Adam. > > Any rear extraction vent will not work; as proven by Doc Raspett. > > The LS3 demonstrates this beautifully. > > After dumping water ballast the spray is ingested through the “Exhaust” vent > in the fins king-post and finishes up on the parcel shelf after travelling > fwd. > > Also, smoke, from a cigarette, moves forward in the cockpit of the same type. > > Raspett discovered the correct position for venting was on the fuselage, > under the wing, where profiles have well and truly begun to shrink. > > A number of owners of various types chose to fit suction vents to U/C doors > to exhaust their piss tubes. > > Result: Seriously corroded U/C and worse if the wheel well was not sealed. > > Noel. > From: Aus-soaring [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au > <mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au>] On Behalf Of Adam Woolley > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 7:20 PM > To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' > Subject: [Aus-soaring] Nim3: VH-VJS, rudder vent > > G'day all, > > Just wondering whether anyone has any information, even better, pictures of > VH-VJS's Nimbus 3 extract vent which was fitted into the rudder? > > The glider is no longer registered, so don't know what happened to it. > Hopefully it's still around somewhere! > > > Cheers, > WPP > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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