Timberwolf
Well Known Member
After letting my -6 sit outside while I'm at training for 2 weeks I fired it up and flew home for the weekend. Ran into some moderate rain, but nothing torrential. As I join the pattern I notice she isn't slowing down like normal. At a fairly high angle of attach and power off it's still reading 110kts on both the G5 and G3X. This triggers it in my mind that something is off and I deploy flaps assured I'm under Vfe. I land without incident and while taxiing in it's still reading 60 kts. Once at the hangar I pull the static off the encoder and the speed goes to zero. I didn't have anymore time to dig into it, but curious if anyone has seen any issues? I have dual static vents on either side of the fuse behind the baggage bulkhead which join together in a T fitting. Never had an issue before with rain, and I would suspect the holes are too small for a mud dauber or the like. I'll hopefully get a chance to take a look tomorrow and see if I can deduce the cause.