>Along the same lines, I have the Mk 1 setup with the fuel fill on the
>top, but no sight gauge. I ran the vent line (1/4" nylon) up to the
>area of the fuel filler, where there's a check valve at that high
>spot, and thence back to the vertical fin via a T-fitting water trap,
>accessible through the access panel for the trim servo. The actual
>vent is a chunk of 1/4" ali tubing floxed into a hole in the fwd face
>of the fin.
Two questions in my jumbled mind.
1 There will be a need for air to flow out of the tank as it all warms up
on a hot day.
2 The reason it takes so long to fill Europas is the slow flow of air
through the vent line. Ours was on the fin too, so it was longer than the
standard, therefore even slower.
Graham
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