Kevin,
A cautionary tale: you do not need a leaking tank to lose fuel
unexpectedly en route. My friend completed his pre-flight checks just
before we set off for a 30-minute hop, but on arrival someone spotted we
were leaving a trail of fuel as we taxied in. We had lost about 20
litres in that short time because the drain valve had not properly
re-seated after the check. Had it happened the next day, we should have
run out of fuel over the middle of Spain if we had not had an
alternative gauge to warn that the totaliser was no longer showing what
was in the tank, and given us a chance to land before it all went quiet.
Of course, the saddle in the Europa tank means that the engine will
cough while you still have 9 litres or so in the reserve side, but a
means of cross-checking the totaliser would provide more warning of the
impending trouble as well as alerting you to the leak =93
otherwise the initial reaction might be to assume a blocked filter was
causing starvation and you still had fuel above the saddle that would
feed the reserve side.
Best regards,
Mike
Dr Mike Gregory
Europa Club safety officer
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Kevin
Challis
Sent: 01 June 2018 19:49
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Fuel Management
I have a flow sender after the return line. It works well a bit of
adjusting the values to start with but once it=99s set correctly
very accurate. Gives great piece of mind unless you are very unlucky and
get a leaking tank.
Kevin Challis
On 1 Jun 2018, at 17:32, William Daniell <wdaniell.longport@gmail.com>
wrote:
Just out of interest I have seen a pipstrelle here which has one red
cube on the feed line to one of the Carbs. The owner told me that he
simple doubles the consumption.
Has anyone seen this elsewhere?
Will
William Daniell
LONGPORT
+57 310 295 0744
On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 10:25 AM, AirEupora <AirEupora@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
Hi mike, glad to see your building time.
I have Bud Yerly's pipe down the side of the seat. It works great, but
I've gotten to fat and it's hard to see in flight, but I have mirror so
I can see it.
I also have the MGL Voyager with a Calc tank that uses the Red Cube.
After about five flights I have it dialed in the +/- .2 gallon. Sundays
flight was Calc 9.4 actual was 9.17, but I could have put more fuel
after it settled, but I had turn the pump off.
I also never fly over 2.3 hours on a tank. It's a little scary when the
engine quits and you have to switch to the reverse tank. Been there,
none that. I want an airport off my wing when I do that. There is
suppose to be 2 1/2 gallons in that side of the tank, but it seems on
fill-up that there is less than that.
Rick Stockton
N120EJ, Jabiru 3300L
189 hours
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