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1. 12:48 PM - Re: FSII rebuild coming along (Richard Pike)
2. 01:43 PM - Re: Critique my Fuel System. (Richard Pike)
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Subject: | Re: FSII rebuild coming along |
jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne wrote:
> Richard,
> Can't see the wing tips
>
> Jack B. Hart FF004
> Winchester, IN
>
Planning on doing some rib stitching and more covering in the near future, will
get to them shortly. Assuming I remember, I'll take pictures and post them when
we shoot the first couple coats of paint.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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Subject: | Re: Critique my Fuel System. |
You are smart to keep as much junk as possible from ever getting into your fuel
system, before it gets to the pump or the filters. As Barney used to say "NIP
IT IN THE BUD!"
For the pickup in the bottom of your fuel tanks, go to Advance or AutoZone and
get a big strainer type fuel filter that is designed to go in your car's gas tank
just ahead of the in-tank fuel pump. Here is one for a 2000 Honda Accord,
it is not expensive, and it is typical of what you want - a lot of surface area
so that no matter how much mung you manage to get in the gas tank, you don't
overwhelm the strainer's surface area.
The opening in the strainer for your fuel pickup line to fit in is about the diameter
of the end of your little finger, get creative with some brass fittings
& solder something to the end of your pickup tube to make it the proper size,
and clamp the filter to it.
You want it to be mounted above the bottom of the tank by about an inch minimum,
so that if you get water in the tank, your pickup is not immersed in it. which
means that you will need to run a second line to the bottom of your tank to
sump it. OK, do that, soft 1/4" aluminum fuel line from Aircraft Spruce is cheap.
Run it to the lowest point in the tank when the aircraft is sitting level,
and when you want to sump the tank, open the sump drain, blow into the tank's
air vent line, & if there is any water, you will force it out.
PS: Don't forget to close the sump, you just started a siphon...
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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