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Re: Europa-List: Re: tank size

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: tank size
From: Tim Houlihan <houlihan@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:53:01

Hi
Would this solution work in the Classic original setup ? assuming you 
run the vent pipe to the top of the filler pipe in the alloy  receptacle

Tim Houlihan.

Graham Singleton wrote:
> Peter Jeffers wrote:
>> <pjeffers@talktalk.net>
>>
>> Hi,
>> I think many of us have seen this issue of fuel venting on warm to 
>> hot days
>> due to air/fuel vapour expansion.
>> The cure (and it works fine) is to route the vent pipe from the tank, 
>> to the
>> filler neck instead of the roof vent tube.  Thus as fuel tries to vent
>> overboard, as in the past, it now vents back into the tank.  Saves 
>> the mess
>> on the paintwork and also saves precious fuel!!!
>> You will however still need to vent the tank, so a further connection 
>> into
>> the filler neck now needs to be connected to the roof vent tube.
>> A further refinement used by some is to move the roof vent tube to the
>> bottom of the fuselage instead of the top.  This later part of the mod
>> ensures that if for any reason the aircraft ends up inverted, fuel 
>> does not
>> run freely from the vent tube as it would if it remained on top of the
>> fuselage.
>> I think you will find this fix simple and very effective.
>>
>> Pete Jeffers
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