Raimo,
I said "many" off positions because my fuel selector valve is a
simple, 90 degree, ball valve which will rotate 360 degrees as many
times as you want to turn it. And in any position besides forward or
up it is effectively (greatly reduced flow) or fully off. That is why
the fuel selector back plate is thus:
Check six,
Bob Borger
Europa Kit #A221 N914XL, XS Mono, Intercooled 914, Airmaster C/S
http://www.europaowners.org/N914XL
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3705 Lynchburg Dr.
Corinth, TX 76208
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On Apr 28, 2009, at 11:33, Raimo Toivio wrote:
> <raimo.toivio@rwm.fi>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Borger" <rlborger@mac.com>
> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 6:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Fuel valve open or close between flights
>
>
> Raimo,
>
> I too have tried the closed position to see how long the noise maker
> continues to run and was surprised by how long it works. Scary
> thought of taking off with valve in one of the many OFF positions and
>
> I have only three possible positions with one OFF position:
>
> - pointer to fore position means MAIN (because I wanna fly usually
> forward!)
> - pointer to up position means RES (because I do NOT wanna go down!)
> - pointer to aft position means CLOSED (because I do not wanna fly
> anymore!)
> - pointer to down position is not possible to select.
>
> There is a good visible sign also but in emergency there is maybe no
> time to read.
> I think the up position for RES is natural mentally.
> I have tested it once in a real life when my main filter was blocked
> and a noisemaker went silent.
>
> Raimo OH-XRT
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