Nesting Birds

[Mike Woods]

Perhaps this has been covered adequately elsewhere...but a newbie question: given the various fuselage openings because of the retract design...what do you do to win the war with the NESTING BIRDS???

[N3322G]

Mike,

Welcome to Comanche ownership. I'm fortunate to have the twin in a hangar but even there dirt daubers can invade. I put a pitot cover on even inside. Some folks use engine cowl plugs and fuselage covers ... beyond that, good pre-flights.

[Mark Anderson]

Mike,

One guy at my airport has a big plastic Owl hanging from his plane port above his C-206. Another guy in a hanger leaves a rado playing music 24/7. Not sure if either work. Just fly more!

Regards, Mark

[Kristin Winter]

If I didn't have a hangar, I would probably have a cowling cover that wrapped around enough to cover the inlets and the wheel well opening. I would have a tail cover or at least some foam pieces to cover the tail openings. I wouldn't worry too much about the main gear as you can pretty easily check those out on the pre-flight and clean out as necessary.

[N3322G]

Mike,

I've been spring cleaning the aircraft files and found a brochure for Bruce's custom covers I picked up somewhere - it reminded me that they have lots of covers designed for Comanches. They advertise in the Comanche Flyer and are on page 39 of the May issue or https://www.aircraftcovers.com/general- ... 4-comanche is the link to PA24 covers.

Hope this helps.