Nice. Thanks Jerry
Jerry@ban-bi.com or LTS@avnet.co.uk
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Glauser" <david.glauser@xpsystems.com>
Subject: Re: Aluminium fuel lines
> FAA Advisory Circular 43.13b (available at
> http://www.moneypit.net/~pratt/ac43/ and many other places online) states:
>
> Tube O.D. Approx. distance between supports
> 1/8"-3/16" 9"
> 1/4"-5/16" 12"
> 3/8"-1/2" 16"
> 5/8"-3/4" 22"
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: Aluminium fuel lines
>
>
> In a message dated 8/12/2002 11:52:15 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> lts@avnet.co.uk writes:
>
>
> > Where do you get every 12" from? or is that just what you have chosen to
do?
> > I have one run over 16" and I don't think it will be a problem but I
have
> > no
> > technical support for my opinion. I would hate to see everybody over
> > engineer their fuel lines and add weight unnecessarily. On the other
hand
> > if
> > my unsupported fuel line length is excessive I would like to know before
I
> > crack up another 250 hours.
> >
> >
>
> I was told that or read it somewhere. I think many of these things are
made
> up by someone in the past and end up being a gospel followed through
> eternity. I am sure that 16 inches will work fine. I have not secured mine
> yet. I have just finished chasing down numerous seeping connections and
have
> a tight system now.
>
> Dave A227
> Mini U2
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