static wick

[blueskyMD]

the one at the rear edge of rudder has missing element inside the empty socket which is fastened to the rudder surface. can I replace just the element or wire inside the socket or I need to buy the whole assembly?

 

[Paulie]

the one at the rear edge of radar has missing element inside the empty socket which is fastened to the rudder surface. can I replace just the element or wire inside the socket or I need to buy the whole assembly?

Plastic with needles or the floppy kind? The plastic ones are held in with a set screw. It helps a great deal if you mention the airplane it's attached to.

 

[blueskyMD]

a Lance.
I think I found what I am looking for https://www.chaparralparts.aero/456-872-static-wick-Piper-Aircraft-NEW-p/456-872.htm

 

[Paulie]

Could always look at the IPC.

 

[blueskyMD]

Could always look at the IPC.

What is IPC ?

 

[Paulie]

What is IPC ?

Illustrated Parts Catalog You can probably find it online. Google Piper parts cataloge or Piper IPC Don't bother with the results that are not PDF.

 

[weirdjim]

You can make one from a cut-off sewing needle, a 470k ohm carbon resistor, and a crimp terminal for less than a dime if you wish and it will work every bit as well as the store-boughten one.

Jim

 

[Paulie]

You can make one from a cut-off sewing needle, a 470k ohm carbon resistor, and a crimp terminal for less than a dime if you wish and it will work every bit as well as the store-boughten one.

Jim

Man, you are a hardcore homebuilder. What do you fly?

 

[GRG55]

You can make one from a cut-off sewing needle, a 470k ohm carbon resistor, and a crimp terminal for less than a dime if you wish and it will work every bit as well as the store-boughten one.

Jim

Given what they do, given what they are, and given what they charge for those little suckers, this sounds like a hell of an idea!

 

[Paulie]

Given what they do, given what they are, and given what they charge for those little suckers, this sounds like a hell of an idea!

Yeah too bad it'll be a discrepancy next annual. And if it were me you'd get the markup on the parts the other cheapskate is crying about.

 

[weirdjim]

Man, you are a hardcore homebuilder. What do you fly?

'58 182A. I wrote this up as a Kitplanes article about twenty years ago.

Jim

 

[Timbeck2]

Yeah too bad it'll be a discrepancy next annual. And if it were me you'd get the markup on the parts the other cheapskate is crying about.

You must be new here.

 

[Paulie]

'58 182A. I wrote this up as a Kitplanes article about twenty years ago.

Jim

I used to have a 182 A, tornado in Little Rock got it years ago. Thankfully insured.