Oil and tools mixed with nose compartment o2

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Re: Oil and tools mixed with nose compartment o2

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My sealed tupperware boxes (oddly) do not seem to pop open. I suspect that it is not a *completely* airtight seal. Maybe. Or maybe the boxes don't flex much. I can't see them. It's dark in there.

But there's a ziplock inside that box, and I squeeze the air out of it. That's where the Gatt jar is. (I think I need a new Gatt jar. I am not sure, but I think this one has a leak. At least, there's always fuel dripping a little from the bottom, but since I am squatting under the plane, filling it from the sump drain, it feels possible every time that I have gotten some fuel on the outside of the jar.)
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Re: Oil and tools mixed with nose compartment o2

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Honestly, that's good to hear (your tupperware doing okay). I'd much rather keep stuff in there as we have for the last few years. It was my instructor/mentor pilot of all people who gave us the idea of tools/oil/fuel sumper in the nose compartment--they did it on their school da42s
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Re: Oil and tools mixed with nose compartment o2

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Almost all my ideas for the DA42 are from the ferry pilot or the chief pilot at Angel City/Bay City. There are a lot of hours in the type between those two pilots. I actually took photos of the stuff the ferry pilot had with him when he dropped off the plane. I wish I had videotaped him doing the pre-flight inspection because it was like a little ballet and all linked together. (Maybe CFI Dave could shoot one for me. Do you see Dick Filbey now and then, Dave?) My own inspection feels like Chuck Berry lost in a dark room. Duck walking around bumping into things, unsure if I've covered a particular item. (I'm not mechanical, so I don't *really* feel qualified to judge the appearance of a squat switch, to tell the truth.)
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Colin wrote:I wish I had videotaped him doing the pre-flight inspection because it was like a little ballet and all linked together. (Maybe CFI Dave could shoot one for me. Do you see Dick Filbey now and then, Dave?)
Dick and I both still work (with LifeStyle) to provide ferry and transition training, so I'll let him know of your request. :)
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Re: Oil and tools mixed with nose compartment o2

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Guys. When I got my DA42 last December all the stuff including oil and cleaning bottles were in the nose. It came like that from the factory. I don’t have oxygen bottle in the nose either. But everything is in plastic bags.

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Re: Oil and tools mixed with nose compartment o2

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Daneshgari wrote:Guys. When I got my DA42 last December all the stuff including oil and cleaning bottles were in the nose. It came like that from the factory. I don’t have oxygen bottle in the nose either. But everything is in plastic bags.

Perry
You have nothing to worry about if no o2 bottle in the nose.

This is our solution for the time being: Harbor Freight sealed case (Pelican knockoff) with the fuel tester, place for dirty gloves/paper towels, and the funnel. A 5 qt jug in the back of the cabin.

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