LOL, Saint Jack, you must be as old as me! I'd forgotten about a lot of that stuff. Like the retractable ground handling handle in the fin! Invented obviously before they thought up the high-skid gear. Anyone else ever taken a stinger to the nuts?
If the transmission deck wasn't sealed properly, the rainwater could seep into the circuit breaker panel with interesting results.
Heyyyy, mine *still* does that! I have never -
ever - flown a 206 in rain that did not leak on me somewhere. First time I saw water dripping *through* a circuit breaker (which was a long time ago) was...umm..."mildly disturbing." Now, not so much. It's a 206.