---------------------------------------------------------- RV7-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 08/04/06: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:09 AM - Re: RV7-List Digest: 4 Msgs - 08/03/06 (Thomas Phy) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:09:51 AM PST US From: "Thomas Phy" Subject: RV7-List: Re: RV7-List Digest: 4 Msgs - 08/03/06 --> RV7-List message posted by: "Thomas Phy" RV7-List message posted by: "Scott" > > My tip up did leak in flight, and did cost me a radio repair as a result. I > spent a bit of time working on it and it's been dry for a year now, though > it's probably only a matter of time before it leaks again. > I've not done it yet, but some kind of removable "splash shield" over the > top of the avionics to protect them has been lurking in the back of my mind > for a while. As for raining on your avionics, In the 1980's, while working as an A/P on De Havilland, Dash 7's, the pilots would put their coffee cups on the center console and you guessed it, the radios were right under the coffee cups. They came out with an aluminum tent, (that must have cost them a small fortune) and the shorted out radio problem ended. Thomas Phy RV-7 T/U