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sandford(at)melbpc.org.au
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 Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:05 am Post subject: auxillary fuel tank |
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Craig
Dave McCandless in Perth W.A. Oz has done this. He has a 30 ltr tank in
each wing.
Unfortunately Dave has developed an intolerance to epoxy and his kit is
up for sale.
I did once have a sketch of his arrangement. If anybody is interested, I
may be able to find it in my too hard basket.
I did not proceed with it because I have wiring conduits through the
wing ready for closure. If I donīt call a halt to new mods I will never
get to fly.
Lance Sandford in Oz
craig bastin wrote:
| Quote: | Not sure if this has been brought up before, but has anyone done wing
tank/tanks. Seems to me a tank of about 15 litres a side would fit ok,
and could be
plumbed in with the same bulb primer arrangement as the strap in tank
and use the dry break coupling found on most boats to plug the line
in as you put the wings
on. Also (correct me if i am wrong) would the tank and fuel not become
part of the wing dead weight and so not add to G loading weight for
those who like to fly at "Unusual Attitudes"
from time to time.
craig
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davidjoyce(at)doctors.org
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| Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:32 am Post subject: auxillary fuel tank |
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Ian, I was referring here to the LongRanger tank fitted to Europa
instructions, which when in use drains fuel at the same time from theLR &
main tanks. The standard fit for the inbuilt plane tank of course has no
such problems, unless you make the mistake of running from full with the
selector on reserve! (which I guess wouldn't foul the VLA regs anyway).
Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
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rampil
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: auxillary fuel tank |
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FWIW the Hill accident report is now complete and may be read at NTSB.gov.
The NTSB ID is LAX07LA148.
Some detail about the marine aux tank is given. The 914 revealed no
possible pre-crash malfunction although that conclusion could not be
definitive due to the post-fire effect.
No probable cause was determined
BTW, while the Oshkosh incident was due to slow airspeed in the base to
final turn, both aircraft fell from about 300 feet agl and I would not use
"slow" to describe the impact velocity and deceleration of either.
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gregoryf.flyboy(at)comcas
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:56 pm Post subject: auxillary fuel tank |
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Both of these planes must have hit at quite a speed.
The tank seems of durable type.
Interesting that in the report, the number of seats in the plane was listed
as 3. I assume this is a typo.
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