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Rich
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Quiz of the day

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Who can guess what this spot on my wing is caused by?
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Looks like refracted sunlight to me. Got a small hole in your hangar?


Nah, it couldn't be that - you live in the Pacific NW - no sun up there...
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Re: Quiz of the day

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Ok - your profile shows you have 40gal version.
So that circle is the outboard 50gal tank filler blocker.
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Steve wrote: Mon Aug 08, 2022 2:02 am Looks like refracted sunlight to me. Got a small hole in your hangar?


Nah, it couldn't be that - you live in the Pacific NW - no sun up there...
Well, darn, I thought it’d be harder. A small hole in the South wall of the hangar it is. It actually behaves like a pinhole camera, projecting an image of the sun. It moves across the floor and my plane as days and months progress. Fascinating, really.

Plenty of sun here in the Oregon High Desert :thumbsup:
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Re: Quiz of the day

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A different day/time:
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