1. about 10 years ago there was a particular heavy driving rain storm in OSH. all the RVs (sliders) tied down facing East got drenched, some with 1" of water in their baggage areas. Had to drain thru somehow before getting to the (actually required) drain holes.
2. a local aerobatic instructor manages to get oil all thru the aircraft when he performs the review to modify our homebuilts CofA's list of permitted maneuvers. As he is exploring the aircraft's limitations, he gets the engine to burp more than a few times & holds negative for a bit too. He can even get oil come in thru the heater & mess up the front floor tunnel area. He laughs, we clean...
3. most of us Canadians seal off as many openings as we can, don't want to freeze anything off...
4. many of the planes I see that play on grass & gravel have to be vacuumed under the accessible floor boards when they come in for annuals.
5. I see a lot of planes, so I always look for accessability & servicability
6. I questioned (com) min coax length as I remember reading here & some magazines (Jim Wier in particular) that mentioned the need for a min coax length for ADSB converters (GDL82?), longer for RG400/shorter for RG58 & requiring a certain amount of resistance/single loss? Therefore the question.
7. front cowl area referring to on or forward of the sub panel.