JetCat Pitot probe on a Bobcat
I put mine in the nose by first finding a plastic straw that was a perfect fit for the pitot tube. Then I sanded a flat spot on the nose of the airplane and made a hole to fit the straw. I roughed up the first 3 or so inches of the nose with 80 grit to remove the gel-cote and cleaned it with alcohol. I tack glued the straw into the fuse about 1 1/2" int the fuse with CA and made sure it looked straight with the fuse from the side and top. By sighting the fuse I determined a point to cut the straw which would be longer than necessary. Then I wrapped the straw and fuse joint with about two feet of carbon tow tacking both ends but leaving the middle unglued. I would estimate the whole thing was about 1 1/2 inches long. Then I mixed up some Pacer Z Poxy finishing resin and saturated the carbon tow. With the leftover epoxy I mixed in 1/2 micro balloons and 1/2 milled fiber until it was a thick enough mixture to stay where I put it without sagging. I built up this area longer than necessary to avoid doing this twice. Mix some more epoxy and pour down into fuse and hang fuse nose down until epoxy runs out the straw. When this has all cured pull the straw out. The epoxy will not stick to the plastic and you'll have a perfect fit once painted. Then start sanding until your happy with the way it looks. I drilled a hole from the bottom and tapped it for a 10/32 set screw from an old Bandit stab and installed the tube from inside the fuse. I also used retract air line for the pitot sensor and B.W. said this was fine. I think this gives the airplane a more streamlined appearance and has never been broken by the errant foot. I did this on a Bandit for Bob Wilcox and on my own Bobcat and will also add it to my new Super BANDIT . Hope this helps ,
Tim Redelman