Pee Bottles - Page 3

swjohnsey · #21 09-12-2020, 03:16 PM

I use a Gatorade bottle.

digidocs · #22 09-12-2020, 06:15 PM

From this thread I have learned that you guys are way more committed to flying than I am. I would never have imagined catheters and urine sacks as a flight bag accessories!

emsvitil · #23 09-12-2020, 06:34 PM

Depends!

crabandy · #24 09-12-2020, 11:43 PM

Depends.......on the area and conditions. 2ish hours and plenty of airports no problems, 4 hours and scarce airports lets get comfortable. Down low a potty stop is only 30 minutes if you’re fast, a climb to the mid teens or lower flight levels doesn’t allow for a potty stop as it would add hours to the flight. Up high I offer my passengers potty stops in states....

I’ve spent the last hour + of a flight in discomfort then doing a high speed taxi To the locked FBO having to utilize the closest structure. There’s a chance the FBO wasn’t close enough and the taxiway was the best option.

I’ve found less discomfort in going on the fly than holding on the fly, also I feel much better hydrated than dehydrated. There is a balance. My autopilot is good, a little contortionist action makes good use of a large coffee cup or Gatorade bottle to keep the flight going smoothly and comfortable. Also O2 really helps to increase the bladder range. Don’t wait until you really have to go, try it when you kinda have to go.

turbo · #25 09-13-2020, 06:28 AM

A wide mouth bottle and an auto pilot = good to go. Would not consider this advanced maneuver without AP.

Bavafa · #26 09-13-2020, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by swjohnsey

I use a Gatorade bottle.

Plus one...

Whitman · #27 09-13-2020, 10:26 AM

They even have male children size, guess I’m in luck!

Paul 5r4 · #28 09-13-2020, 11:01 AM

I was flying from my home base of Foley, Alabama to Petit Jean, AK a few years back. I usually time my consumption of coffee/drinks pretty good but not this time. After a couple hours of flying, the warning lights began going off in my brain... Sequentially I started performing the precautionary procedures of loosing the seat belt. Eventually the belt in my pants followed and then a little later by unbuckling of pants and eventually dropping the zipper a quite a few notches. About the time I was approaching Pine Bluff my situation had blossomed into a full blown biological emergency. The soft glow of yellow warning lights in my head had been replaced by brightly flashing red lights accompanied by the GONG... GONG... GONG... GONG! I was in a nuclear submarine.... I heard DIVE DIVE DIVE which I did. Upon landing at Pine Bluff I quickly taxied to the fuel pumps, (pretty sure I left some skid marks there), hopped out and like a track star in the olympics, RAN towards the FBO. Being the pilot I am, had the FBO been closed, I already had a plan B set up in my mind.... "Looks like a good spot over there!"

I am one of those people that can not urinate in any unnatural position. Sitting in a cockpit is one of them.

Toobuilder · #29 09-13-2020, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by digidocs

From this thread I have learned that you guys are way more committed to flying than I am. I would never have imagined catheters and urine sacks as a flight bag accessories!

If you are trying to "get somewhere", then you want to be in the air as long as the fuel holds out. Stopping to take a leak between fuel stops is a HUGE impact to enroute time. Getting to/from altitude and a few minutes on the ground is like having a 30 -50 knot slower airplane on a cross country.

RV8JD · #30 09-13-2020, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul 5r4

After a couple hours of flying, the warning lights began going off in my brain... Sequentially I started performing the precautionary procedures of loosing the seat belt. Eventually the belt in my pants followed and then a little later by unbuckling of pants and eventually dropping the zipper a quite a few notches. About the time I was approaching Pine Bluff my situation had blossomed into a full blown biological emergency. The soft glow of yellow warning lights in my head had been replaced by brightly flashing red lights accompanied by the GONG... GONG... GONG... GONG! I was in a nuclear submarine.... I heard DIVE DIVE DIVE which I did. Upon landing at Pine Bluff I quickly taxied to the fuel pumps, (pretty sure I left some skid marks there), hopped out and like a track star in the olympics, RAN towards the FBO. Being the pilot I am, had the FBO been closed, I already had a plan B set up in my mind.... "Looks like a good spot over there!"

Reminded me of the clip from "The Right Stuff". (Click to view)