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1. 05:32 PM - 701 prop (Lee Thomas)
2. 06:20 PM - Re: 701 prop (Tommy Walker)
3. 09:51 PM - Re: Re: LeftRight Fuel Systems? (Gary Gower)
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What diameter prop are most using with the Rotax ULS on the 701?
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I had a 72" 3-blade Warp Drive prop.
Worked well.
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Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 7:32 PM
Subject: Zenith701801-List: 701 prop
What diameter prop are most using with the Rotax ULS on the 701?
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| Subject: | Re: LeftRight Fuel Systems? |
What I have done in several years of happy flying my 701:=0A=0AWhere I noti
ce it more, -is in trips more than 2 hrs long. -I carefully plan my ref
uels no more than 3 hours, for safety... -=0A=0AThe way I have handle it
is, We installed one shut off valve on each side of the cabin, just where t
he hose enters the cabin.-=0AThe right side tank (passenger side) is the
one that drains faster in my 701, since the first XCounttry flight. -=0AS
o I take off with both valves open, once I level on cruise, I close the rig
ht hand valve (easy reach from the pilot seat) and fly for one hour on the
left tank only (I always use a timer), -then I open the right valve and c
ontinue the rest of the flight on both tanks, I arrive with almost even lev
el in both tanks... -That simple. -=0A=0AOne other advantage of the two
valves (learned the hard way).-=0AIf we hangar the plane for the week wi
th the tanks more than half tank full. -In case of a one main tire flat d
uring the week, all the gas travels to the "lower" tank and lots of gasolin
e is lost to the floor :-(=0A=0A=0AGary Gower=0A701 Rotax -912S=0AFlying
from Chapala, Mexico.=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From:
ronlee <rlee468@comcast.net>=0ATo: zenith701801-list@matronics.com =0ASent:
Sunday, September 23, 2012 8:26 AM=0ASubject: Zenith701801-List: Re: LeftR
<rlee468@comcast.net>=0A=0AI have snorkel tubes on each gas cap and they st
ill feed uneven . My guess is that the one that produces the most pressure
feeds the fastest. The only way to have even pressure on each tank is to ha
ve only one snorkel cap, the other non vented and have an equalizer tube be
tween the tanks as some GA have. It is an issue as I really don't know when
one or the other tank is completly empty so I can't use all my fuel safely
. I don't have enough balls to test while in flight if fuel will still flow
once one side is empty. I have actually had fuel transfer from one tank to
fill the other one time when a fuel cap was left off one side. The side wi
th the snorkel forced it to the tank with the cap off. I thought my fuel ga
ges were going crazy as one gage was going up and the other down. I do have
a valve to feed each side separate or both at once. I now always use only
one side at a time so I know about where I am with fuel. The fact is I just
don't have the guts
to burn one side til!=0Al I run out so I never know for sure how much is l
eft when I switch to the other side. As I said, I do believe if there was a
n equalizer tube between the tanks they would feed even unless one tends to
fly with one wing low.=0ASomeone should be able to figure this problem out
as it has been ongoing for a long time now, years actually.=0A=0A--------
=0ARon Lee=0ATucson, Arizona=0A=0A=0A=0A=0ARead this topic online here:=0A
=0Ahttp://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=383823#383823=0A=0A=0A=0A
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