When it's mouse-season...

[GAHorn]

Last week while rigging my right wing at Del Lehmann's we found where the rest of the roll of shredded paper towels I normally keep beneath my rear seat disappeared to. It was just outboard of the wing-root at the inboard flap-track/flap-well. No evidence of actual occupation. I hope the little bassard fell out at altitude!

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[ron74887]

GA says "I hope the little bassard fell out at altitude! "

MURDERER!! It's more fun to stomp the s%^& of of them!!

Ron

[wingnut]

Deer camp are among the best childhood memories I have. As a kid, the annual camp clean-up was about 2 weeks before opening day. It was a dirt floor shack, but we had old pieces of carpet laid down on the dirt. It was the all the kids job to do the carpet pulling/mouse stomping while the "grown-ups" sat around drinking beer, watch this typical quality Arkansas entertainment.

[c170b53]

If you can picture the mouse tunnels revealed in grass after the snow melts you have an idea as to what I saw when I removed the styrofoam panels insulating the cabin between the wings. They must enjoy flying and judging from the amount of damage they might be members of that other club.

[GAHorn]

Hey, Jim, ... tell us about those styrofoam panels. Are those custom-made/one-of-a-kind? or are they something commercially produced? And how do they fare with regard to rain and water-retention versus corrosion?

[c170b53]

The insulation had been in the airplane sometime prior to my purchase and as you have reasoned it was a home made installation where the foam was held together/sealed with aluminum foil. In fact due to the tunnels, it was the foil that kept the panels in one piece. As you mentioned corrosion requires some form of liquid to act as an electrolyte and when that fluid is allow to remain in contact with a surface, corrosion will occur. The panels that were fabricated in my plane were so poor and due to their location they did not trap moisture against the skin.