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03-01-2012, 03:51 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Byron Bay, NSW
Posts: 104
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Stall vane protector
I wonder if I?m the only one with this problem. I have a love/hate relationship with my stall warning vane. I love it when it beeps as I touch down. But I hate it when it tears up my good pants, leaves a scratch, or worse still leaves me wondering if this time I?ve finally wrecked it.
I share a hangar with 3 other aircraft, and it?s tight. When my 12 is at the back, the Esqual tail feathers leave me about a foot clearance. When I get focused on a task, I forget, and ?ouch? again.
Larry recommends putting a small radius on the corners. Is that really enough?
This is one little challenge that has me beat. Has anyone out there come up with a practical stall vane cap that protects you both?
Help needed
Rod
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03-01-2012, 06:04 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Huskerland, USA
Posts: 5,862
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Larry sez; Radius the corners 1/8" and you won't tear up your pants any more. 
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03-01-2012, 07:24 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Marshall TX (KASL)
Posts: 1,783
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Take a yogurt cup, cut a big round notch in it to match the leading edge curvature, and hold it on with a piece of blue painter tape.
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03-02-2012, 07:06 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Ponca City, OK
Posts: 5
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The slight radius of the corners worked for me.
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03-02-2012, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: 2A2
Posts: 47
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Raquetball?
How about a racquetball - they're hollow rubber, about 2" in diameter. Cut a slit in it and slide it over the vane. They're usually blue in color, but I think you can get 'em in "remove before flight" red, too.
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03-02-2012, 11:04 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Groveland, CA
Posts: 105
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How about remembering its location and not walking into it?
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03-02-2012, 11:59 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: La Feria Texas
Posts: 3,822
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At my age just remembering where the wing is makes for a trying day.
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03-02-2012, 01:21 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Propwash Airport (16X), Texas
Posts: 136
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We use a wine cork with a slot cut into it and red tape to hold it together and then hung a red remove before flight flag on the end. The price will vary depending on taste. 
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03-02-2012, 01:25 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Riley TWP MI
Posts: 3,070
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A stall vane that is painted a bright yellow is easier to see and avoid.
A homemade AOA probe does not protrude beyond the wing leading edge. See http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...7&postcount=14
An AOA will give a progressive warning, unlike the stall vane that is either on or off.
Another option is a Cessna reed type stall warning system that is flush with the wing.
http://members.eaa.org/home/homebuil...20Devices.html
Although it might not be loud enough to be heard in a noisy cockpit.
Joe Gores
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04-09-2012, 12:48 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 47
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After seeing this thread about a stall vane protector I became obsessed with coming up with a solution. I came up with the following design.
I put the instructions on my build page
http://craigsrv-12.blogspot.com/2012...ane-cover.html
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