Hi! Cleve.
I know it may be a quick death anyway but sod it being sat in a ring of fuel
in plastic pipes and cooking whilst you struggle to get down to terra firma.
The longer I can delay fuel adding to the fire, I think in my small mind, is
probably proportional to the distance the fuel is from the front of the
cockpit. That's why my sight gauge is encased in a rigid plastic pipe
containing gliscerine whilst in the internal cockpit. I reasoned that no
bare fuel lines under my bum or in front of my body may just give me time to
reach my extinguisher and delay my cooking longer yet maybe not long enough!
I have an Andair gascolator in the tunnel and all my pipes albeit in rubber
and plastic pass through the tunnel.
It's very busy in there with cables,transducer box,valve, pump and pipes but
it can be done.
I would also think that this is why many are putting in aluminium fuel
lines.
Regards
Bob H G-PTAG
-----Original Message-----
From: forum-owner@europaclub.org.uk
clevelee@cswebmail.com
Subject: Re: Seatback sight tube
I think I missed the start of this thread.
I've put in a capacitance probe in my tank, but still have the site tube
coiled
up in the pilots seat (I'm still building)watching this thread with
interest.
Say again what's wrong with the factory location, in front of the pilot -
for
those of us developing geriatric backs?
I don't like site tubes because they are not 'modern' and look homebuilt.
But if
we're putting them in because we can't see how fueling is going or can't
'dip'
the tank prior to launching off - what's wrong with the factory location?
Cleve Lee
A198 Mono XS N396ST
Detroit, MI
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