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| Subject: | Re: Engine out..deadstick landing required..question on header |
tank location
When the engine quit, did it sputter at all or did it quit very suddenly
like, "instantly"? When I had my deadstick, mine quit instantly
without warning but after gliding to a safe landing it restarted great
and appeared ok. Mine was a cold seizure.
Ron
From: kitfoxjunky@decisionlabs.com
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 8:27 AM
Subject: Kitfox-List: Engine out..deadstick landing required..question
on header tank location
Had someone have me take a look at his KF3. He recently had a dead
stick landing. Only damage was a broken prop but now he only flies high
and over his home field as he does not trust the plane.
He is putting this down to bad fuel, as it happened right after he
switched tanks. Problem is with a new prop the airplane started and ran
fine on the ground after the incident.
I was looking at the fuel system, and I noted that the header tank is
mounted on the tube structure near the back of the seat. It is a plastic
tank, and looks to me like the bottom is almost at the floor level. In
my KFIV I do not run a 582..I have a 912s, but the header tank is
mounted high up behind the baggage area.
Is a header tank not supposed to provide a head of fuel to the engine?
How could it do that if it was mounted below the level of the carbs?
Wanted to ask those out there more in the know on the two stroke setups.
Gary Walsh
KF IV Anphib 912S
C-GOOT
www.decisionlabs.com/kitfox
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