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Hey Folks,
I've got a Pitot hose isse; Its dry rotted and needs to be replaced. The problem is i've got a small hole (1.5 inch) in the wing where the pitot tube comes out of the jury strut and meets the rotten hose. I took the wing fairing off assuming i'd see the old rubber tube come out of the wing root and into the interior of the aircraft. Only thats not what I saw. A rubber tube runs from the ASI up along the windshield tube then turns back into a copper tube. This copper tube disappears into a really small whole in the fabric of the wing root. So my question is, how do I fish a new one? My guess is to open up the hole at the wing root so I can attach a new rubber hose thats big enough so I can push it through to the jury strut then just patch it when i'm done. Anybody have any better ideas? What perplexes me is that I can't see the situation inside the wing as the pitot hose is in front of the spar so access panels in the wing don't reveal anything. Its all in front of the spar so I feel like i'm doing orthoscopic surgery!! (Also posted this on SC.org but wanted to ask the actual Cub crowd)
I've got a Pitot hose isse; Its dry rotted and needs to be replaced. The problem is i've got a small hole (1.5 inch) in the wing where the pitot tube comes out of the jury strut and meets the rotten hose. I took the wing fairing off assuming i'd see the old rubber tube come out of the wing root and into the interior of the aircraft. Only thats not what I saw. A rubber tube runs from the ASI up along the windshield tube then turns back into a copper tube. This copper tube disappears into a really small whole in the fabric of the wing root. So my question is, how do I fish a new one? My guess is to open up the hole at the wing root so I can attach a new rubber hose thats big enough so I can push it through to the jury strut then just patch it when i'm done. Anybody have any better ideas? What perplexes me is that I can't see the situation inside the wing as the pitot hose is in front of the spar so access panels in the wing don't reveal anything. Its all in front of the spar so I feel like i'm doing orthoscopic surgery!! (Also posted this on SC.org but wanted to ask the actual Cub crowd)
