>
>Can't we just connect a braided earth lead to the tank filler and drop
>it down
>the inlet pipe for a couple of feet?
>Good idea if you can keep it from fouling you fuel gauge sender(if any)
> Then simply connect the bowser earthing
>lead to the filler.
>Also a good idea, but enlarge the area for initial electrical contact
>(tab on the side?) with the filler so that there is no flashover spark
>at the filler neck (with its concentration of vapours neatly exiting
>the tank) when coupling.
>Or indeed since most of us fill our tanks from cans, drop
>another earthing braid into the can before opening the filler.
>Also a good idea, this is what I do when siphoning or pouring from a
>container.
>I must confess I'm beginning to feel nervous about the issue.
>No need to after a couple of precautions.
>
>What I have done is purchase a Paraffin pump (10 quid - made in China)
>for a 44 gallon drum. I have a lead attached electrically to the pump
>casing which I connect to the exhaust stack (Luscombes are aluminium)
>or to the filler neck (when helping someone else out). Only then do I
>drop the pump (it has a steel standpipe) into the container of fuel and
>start pumping.
>
>I am going for that flip in the Europa (no Glastars here) as soon as it
>is completed in Johannesburg. We have one flying in South Africa, those
>who have flown it say it handles superbly. Only two concerns - ground
>handling seems to take getting used to (I am watching with interest the
>development of the fixed gear taildragger - any news from Switzerland?)
> and climb performance - my airport altitude is 5300 ft and we often
>have density altitudes throughout summer of 8500ft.
>
>The other issue not related to the flying properties is cost -
>purchase/selling price of my Luscombe (almost identical performance
>except speed) is one third of the Europa kit landed in South Africa.
>
>Good flying
>Mark
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