Some mechanics of my acquaintance argue that cold water splashing through the cooling plenum isnt the best thing for that oh-so-hot engine, either-and in the hardest rains, water gets past the prop and into those inlets, then through the baffling. Theres plenty under the bonnet you dont really want wet. Your alternator lives there, possibly right up front the voltage regulator is back on the firewall, along with sparkplugs and wires, magnetos and engine instrumentation. Under the cowlings rest both the most expensive components in your plane and systems important to the second-most expensive part of your plane: the rest of it. So instead of saying, “Dont do what we do, have done, and will probably do again,” we offer five strong reasons to make you think about whats happening to the aircraft when flown in rain. But, we know youre going to fly in the rain we do, too, but begrudgingly and guardedly-or avoid it if the datalink weather returns show orange or red. When you think about it systematically, a lot goes on with the airplane when exposed to rain and-aside from the possibility of improved cooling on a hot day-its difficult to conjure up much to commend rain flying to anyone. Otherwise, rain stands among those conditions to not take lightly-and on many fronts, to be taken as a To my mind, only a couple of decent reasons exist to fly through rain: First, because your destination is out there in or beyond the precip-and its light rain and not far through it, at that second, because youre too cheap or lazy to wash the plane normally.
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