chrispratt
Well Known Member
I've just moved to my new hangar at 52F (home to Van's Air Force dot net) and it became immediately apparent that in addition to RVs, other flying things love the area.
To prevent my RV from becoming the victim of an infamous mud dauber kamikaze squadron, I devised a simple solution for covering the fuel vents while hopefully preventing me from inadvertently leaving the protectors in place during flight.
I already have inlet plugs from Bruce's Custom Covers to plug the major entry holes. So I ordered a couple of Van's pitot tube covers, drilled a hole in the closed end section of each cover and joined them with some nylon cord. I then connected that cord with another short piece of cord that joins to the existing plug covers. The idea being that when I pull the plugs on the inlet covers, I'll also be pulling the fuel vent covers off. So far it works.
The existing covers are shown at the bottom of the picture and the new fuel vent covers at the top. Click to enlarge the view.
Here's a view of the plugs in place on the fuel vent lines:
And here's the whole shooting match.
I hope this helps someone else out as well.
Chris
To prevent my RV from becoming the victim of an infamous mud dauber kamikaze squadron, I devised a simple solution for covering the fuel vents while hopefully preventing me from inadvertently leaving the protectors in place during flight.
I already have inlet plugs from Bruce's Custom Covers to plug the major entry holes. So I ordered a couple of Van's pitot tube covers, drilled a hole in the closed end section of each cover and joined them with some nylon cord. I then connected that cord with another short piece of cord that joins to the existing plug covers. The idea being that when I pull the plugs on the inlet covers, I'll also be pulling the fuel vent covers off. So far it works.
The existing covers are shown at the bottom of the picture and the new fuel vent covers at the top. Click to enlarge the view.
Here's a view of the plugs in place on the fuel vent lines:
And here's the whole shooting match.
I hope this helps someone else out as well.
Chris