I have not read most of the posts and you may have already gotten this info
but I will never get rid of my glass filters at the wing tanks.. VITAL in
flight to physically see the fuel flow and see whats maybe sitting in my
tanks. What I don't see unless I look very close is the little bits of
fiberglass but I keep filter elements handy and change very often.
As to the fuel flow.. Don Smythe cured my issues years ago when I was in
DC. He said "Always down hill" and even with a little bump in the hoses its
ok but the critical one is the vent line. And to me that's the biggest
obstical because its always in the way to making a neat cockpit but when I
am cruising along and my header tank fuel low light comes on I can always
look at my vent line and know its got a dip in it!
Hope that helps.
Jared
Nov 1, 2009 07:54:21 AM, kitfox-list@matronics.com wrote:
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Lynn,
...you get to read a lot of email! [Shocked]
I really don't want to get rid of my filters either. We are still only talking
about one filter between a wing tank and the header tank. Once the fuel is in
the header tank it should then benefit from the "suction" of the mechanical
pump.
My last two hurdles are removing the wing tank outlet fitting to check the finger
strainers and cutting the root rib on the wing so the fuel line doesn't have
to have a hump in it before descending down towards the header tank. Thanks
again for all your input...always appreciated!
Travis
Lynn Matteson wrote:
> I've read all your posts, and all of any mail that comes into my email box....I
don't go to the "site".
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> I doubt that the filter element is your problem. I'm keeping all of
> my filters, no matter how much certain engineers might (for me)
> confuse the issue with talk of surface tension, etc., my system flows
> fuel as long as there's fuel in the system to flow...nudge, nudge,
> wink, wink. ; )
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> Lynn Matteson
> Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
> Jabiru 2200, #2062, 804.3 hrs
> Countdown to 1000 hrs--196 to go
> Sensenich 62"x46" Wood prop
> Electroair direct-fire ignition system
> Rotec TBI-40 injection
> Status: flying (and learning)
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> On Oct 31, 2009, at 11:58 PM, FlyboyTR wrote:
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:D
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Travis Rayner
Mobile, AL
Skystar Vixen, N-789DF
Continental IO-240, Prince P-Tip Prop
ADI-II Autopilot
AnyWhereMap Navigation with weather
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