Hi! Dave.
I tried just that with a ball out of a battery hydrometer....... it sank
like a lead brick!!!
What's needed is one that floats in the fuel of specific gravity .....? and
isn't susceptible to degenerate chemically in the fuel? Any suggestions
chaps?
regards
Bob Harrison G-PTAG
-----Original Message-----
From: forum-owner@europaclub.org.uk
Subject: Re: Fuel tank sight gauge routing
In a message dated 4/22/2002 5:59:16 AM Pacific Standard Time,
TroyMaynor@aol.com writes:
>
> Hi,
> I have an early classic kit and I had to add a mod to do exactly this. The
> vent tube is now extended by an aluminum tube to reach the most forward
and
>
> upper corner of the tank. I believe it was optional mod # 34. Still
though,
>
> without it, you should have been able to get more than 12 gallons in
before
>
> it squirted out the top. Not sure what would cause your problem. I plan to
> add a vent at the filler neck teeing into the vent line that exists and is
> routed up to the top then back down to the belly.
>
One quick idea - maybe already discussed....... you do have the flow
restrictor in the vent line, right? Looking at that restrictor leads me to
believe that the rate at which the vent tube fills would be slow enough to
make spilling out the vent pretty difficult. my line is currently going up
between the seats and across the top of the tank to its own vent - per the
manual.
My Dad had an idea - put a Day-Glo orange ball - kind of like the balls in
the battery hydrometer - inside the tube. If you could get it to float at
the
right position, it would make seeing the fuel level in flight easier. I am
installing a fuel totalizer for my main fuel quantity indication (accurate
assuming accurate numbers to start and no fuel leaks. The sight gage is for
rough indications during flight.
Dave Anderson
A227
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