Return-Path: Received: from marvkaye.olsusa.com ([205.245.9.225]) by truman.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO203-101c) ID# 0-44819U2500L250S0) with SMTP id AAA18605 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 11:48:34 -0400 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980911114740.00d56530@olsusa.com> X-Sender: marvkaye@olsusa.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 11:47:40 -0400 To: lancair.list@olsusa.com From: Marvin Kaye Subject: Re: Long-range "pee" ops X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Posted for Martin Quartim : Belive it or not is normal for a glider to soar for more then 4 hours. We use a release system with a catheter that you can buy at a local medical supply store. A plastic tube runs from the cockpit to the outside of the glider. There is one problem, if it is too cold it will freeze and block the tube. In this case we use an internal bag that can also be purchased with all the tubbing and fittings from a local medical supply store. Some of the guys take a bottle of Gatorade and when they finish it, they pee in it. I don't know how they do it, the glider cockpit is a lot more inclined and tight then any other aircraft. I highly recommend drinking before and during a flight and I think it is dangerous not to do so. When you are the pilot in command your brain better be running at optimum performance and it needs fluid to do so. Happy Landings, Martin