---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 11/24/10: 7 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 0. 12:22 AM - Just A Few More Days To Make Your List Contribution... (Matt Dralle) 1. 09:17 AM - fiberglass fuel tanks fuel sender (jridgway) 2. 10:12 AM - Re: fiberglass fuel tanks fuel sender (carlisle) 3. 03:28 PM - Re: fiberglass fuel tanks fuel sender (jridgway) 4. 05:36 PM - Re: Re: fiberglass fuel tanks fuel sender (Dan Wild) 5. 07:23 PM - Re: Re: fiberglass fuel tanks needed (Malcolm Brubaker) 6. 07:42 PM - Re: Re: fiberglass fuel tanks fuel sender (Noel Loveys) ________________________________ Message 0 _____________________________________ Time: 12:22:39 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: Kitfox-List: Just A Few More Days To Make Your List Contribution... There is less than a week left in this year's List Fund Raiser and only a few short days to grab one of the great Contribution Gifts available this year. Support is still significantly lagging behind last year at this point but hopefully it will pick up here towards the end. Please remember that it is solely the Contributions of List members that keeps the Lists up and running as there is no commercialism or advertising on the Matronics Lists and Forums. The List Contribution web site is secure, fast, and easy and you can use a credit card, Paypal, or a personal check: http://www.matronics.com/contribution Or, drop a personal check in the mail to: Matt Dralle / Matronics 581 Jeannie Way Livermore CA 94550 USA I want to thank everyone that has already made a generous contribution to support the Lists! Thank you! Matt Dralle Matronics EMail List and Forum Administrator ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:17:14 AM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: fiberglass fuel tanks fuel sender From: "jridgway" HI, I got a KF3 several years ago. It has fiberglass fuel tanks in each wing. The previous builder put a capacitance sender on the top of each wing. One of these senders is starting to leak at the seam. Does anybody know if these tanks have a molded screw in them or if the fiberglass was just tapped. I am thinking about taking one out but did not want to loose a bolt or any special backing plate. thanks..jack Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=320830#320830 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:12:26 AM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: fiberglass fuel tanks fuel sender From: "carlisle" Sorry I can't answer your question but I'm curious. I've wanted to install a capacitive sender in my 13 gal fiberglass tank for a long time. Can you tell me where/how yours is mounted? Thanks, Chris Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=320842#320842 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 03:28:11 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: fiberglass fuel tanks fuel sender From: "jridgway" On the inboard rear of the tank. Have one on each side. Never could get them calibrated. Jack Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=320870#320870 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:36:48 PM PST US From: "Dan Wild" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: fiberglass fuel tanks fuel sender I am installing a new fiberglass tank . All holes were just tapped threads in the tank. don't know if they were all done that way. Dan -------------------------------------------------- From: "jridgway" Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 5:25 PM Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: fiberglass fuel tanks fuel sender > > > On the inboard rear of the tank. Have one on each side. Never could get > them calibrated. > Jack > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=320870#320870 > > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 07:23:40 PM PST US From: Malcolm Brubaker Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: fiberglass fuel tanks needed i need at least-1 tank im working on a mod 3 with a dash tank-- mal =0A-Malcolm Brubaker =0AMichigan Sport=0APilot Repair =0ALSRM-A, PPC, WS =0A(989)513-3022 =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Da n Wild =0ATo: kitfox-list@matronics.com=0ASent: Wed, N ovember 24, 2010 8:32:27 PM=0ASubject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: fiberglass fuel ld2@hotmail.com>=0A=0AI am installing a new fiberglass tank . All holes wer e just tapped threads =0Ain the tank. don't know if they were all done that way.=0ADan=0A=0A--------------------------------------------------=0AFrom: "jridgway" =0ASent: Wednesday, November 24, 2 010 5:25 PM=0ATo: =0ASubject: Kitfox-List: Re: f "jridgway" =0A> =0A>=0A> On the inboard rear o f the tank. Have one on each side. Never could get =0A> them calibrated.=0A > Jack=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A> Read this topic online here:=0A>=0A> http://foru ms.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=320870#320870=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A ===0A=0A=0A ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 07:42:13 PM PST US From: "Noel Loveys" Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: Re: fiberglass fuel tanks fuel sender It sounds to me that you need to know a few of the basics about capacitance fuel sending units. First of all there are actually two sending units. The first one is always located in a place where it is always covered with fuel. Read: the lowest part of the tank. This has the advantage that the fuel sender can also operate as a water sensor... Water sinks to the lowest part of the tank and has a different dielectric constant than fuel... Water gets in there and bells start ringing! The second thing to know is the physical shape of the sending unit is determined by the shape of the tank. On large aircraft there may actually be more than one sending unit per tank. This can give correction for the weird shape of wet wings and offer corrections for attitudes other than wings level. The calibration you did was a simple gain calibration so unfortunately wouldn't correct for anything other than a perfectly square tank. If you have time to experiment, you can modify the shape of your sending unit, the top one, to be extremely accurate. Noel > > > On the inboard rear of the tank. Have one on each side. Never could get > them calibrated. > Jack > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=320870#320870 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kitfox-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kitfox-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kitfox-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kitfox-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.