I'm helping a friend build an RV-10. We are working on installing the Garmin GAP-26 heated pitot with Angle of Attack in the quickbuild wing. I have a couple of questions. Is it OK to cut the two long 1/4" aluminum tubes coming out of the pilot tube to make them shorter? I know you can bend them by hand.
We bought the pitot kit from Stein Air and it came with a long blue nylon 1/4" tube which is for one of the two pitot aluminum tubes (AOA). The quickbuild wing kit came with alum tubing to run through the wing for the pitot. I'm wondering if it would be OK just to use 1/4" nylon tube for the pitot air instead of using the aluminum tube. It would be easier to connect the nylon than the alum to the pitot air tube.
We bought the pitot kit from Stein Air and it came with a long blue nylon 1/4" tube which is for one of the two pitot aluminum tubes (AOA). The quickbuild wing kit came with alum tubing to run through the wing for the pitot. I'm wondering if it would be OK just to use 1/4" nylon tube for the pitot air instead of using the aluminum tube. It would be easier to connect the nylon than the alum to the pitot air tube.