pariah
Senior Heliman
Location: West Valley City, UT - United States of America
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| I dont see how fuel would be a problem if you have to remove it when you fly.
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You seem to be forgetting what has to happen to the pin when you're done flying.
This is how it happened with me.
1.) The flag is near the carbeurator when installed.
2.) Get lazy and decide on draining the fuel from the tank & running the fuel out of the engine at home, in the shaded garage, instead of in the hot sunlight.
3.) Forget to clip the fuel line closed. Over the course of the drive home, a few mL of fuel dribbles out. (None finding its way into any upholstery, thankfully)
4.) As fuel dribbles out, it comes in contact with the frames - which are in turn in contact with the flag. Capillary action draws fuel from the point of contact to any part of the flag that is not saturated with fuel.
5.) Pull helicopter from vehicle, wondering where the frack the blood red liquid that has leaked out of the machine has come from, given that nothing that went into the engine was blood red.
6.) Find that the "Remove before flight" flag has more or less dissolved in contact with the fuel, explaining the source of the red.
Now, to be honest, I didn't have to drive home - I could have easily been waiting for my turn to fly again, and the result would have been the same.
Besides... laminating a flag? I may as well laminate my pillow, just in case I drool in the middle of the night.
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