Rick.
Many of us have installed a run of 3/4" or 1" thin wall PVC tube from the
root through to the wing tip. Within that tube runs all the wiring for the
wing tip lights. It also was used for running the tube for the pitot as well
as the stall warner. I also did not use the tubing that came with the kit for
those items. It was suggested I go with VersaTube aluminum tubing which can be
found in the Aircraft Spruce catalog. It is connected to the pitot and stall
warner buy a short run of the tubing that came with the kit. Access is
possible through the inspection plate.
Jeff
Rick Sivier wrote:
> I'm just about to fit my pitot head to my wing and I remembered that I had
> seen something on the forum regarding doubts about the longevity of the PVC
> tubing supplied to connect to the pitot head assembly. Looking through the
> forum archives, there seem to be two trains of thought: install a larger
> bore tube in the wing so that the pitot tubing could be replaced if
> necessary or find a better tubing with a longer life. I am inclined toward
> the second option, but I would like to know if anyone has done that,
> particularly in the UK, and if so, what tubing was used and where did you
> get it?
>
> Cheers
>
> Rick Sivier
>
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