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From: "Dan Schaefer" <dfs155@roadrunner.com>
To: "Lancair list" <lml@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: range
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:05:00 -0700
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Interesting discussion here and, to those of you 235/320 drivers who who 
haven't reached the "Golden Years" - i.e., not yet gotten nearly as old as 
me, you're gonna need some kind of relief tube system when you do.

For a time, I used the gel-packs but found that the only way I could be sure 
I could get gravity assist (peeing downhill) was to unhook the seatbelts, 
turn on the left side which required getting a leg over the stick and trying 
to hit the opening in the bag - all the while keeping one hand on the stick 
so I wouldn't be involved in some interesting aerobatics. In fact, that's 
the only reason I installed a wing-leveler after some unfortunate mishaps in 
turbulence (at least my seat covers come out for a trip to the cleaners).

I'm sure there are many solutions but I finally settled on installing a 
small venturi tube on the left landing gear strut which is only exposed when 
the gear is down. It's connected via tubing to a container that I can use 
without turning on my side. Works pretty well though I have to slow down to 
gear speed to use it. Incidentally, I did test the thing by pouring a 
container of water into it which went out so fast I'm very careful when I 
use it. In any case, it sure saves time (and fuel) on a long cross-country, 
eliminating the biological stops when I still have half of my fuel 
remaining!

Dan Schaefer
Early 235 -  N235SP. First flight 1993 and still going strong.