[rebel-builders] Fuel ports into cabin + vents
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:37 pm
Hi Curtis !
I had great results with one of my Rebels with just 2 1/8" holes
in each filler neck, front & back, up high, under the lip of the cap.
Never had a problem - and I deliberately ran one side completely
dry in flight, even raising the wing to get it all out ! (Had to empty
the tank to change the sight guage tubing - that's why I strongly
recommend adding a small valve at the bottom of the guage -
makes this change sooo much easier !! ;-)
The addition of a cross tube between the top 2 sight guage
outlets is a bit of extra security ... (a good addition) ...
and the addition of an inverted J vent in the wing root fairing
is an extra - that I flew happily without ... JM experiences ...
......bobp
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On Tuesday 31 January 2012 21:28:35 Curt Langholz wrote:
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I had great results with one of my Rebels with just 2 1/8" holes
in each filler neck, front & back, up high, under the lip of the cap.
Never had a problem - and I deliberately ran one side completely
dry in flight, even raising the wing to get it all out ! (Had to empty
the tank to change the sight guage tubing - that's why I strongly
recommend adding a small valve at the bottom of the guage -
makes this change sooo much easier !! ;-)
The addition of a cross tube between the top 2 sight guage
outlets is a bit of extra security ... (a good addition) ...
and the addition of an inverted J vent in the wing root fairing
is an extra - that I flew happily without ... JM experiences ...
......bobp
bobp@prosumers.ca
bobp@pattersys.com
http://www.Pattersys.com
http://www.amway.ca/BobPatterson
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On Tuesday 31 January 2012 21:28:35 Curt Langholz wrote:
Wow! Good info on the vents. I will be plugging my filler necks and adding
ram air venting. I was told by a Rebel builder to drill the necks, but you
can't argue with field tested methods. So... Installing one at each wing
root does not create any issues? ( I like the idea of redundancy ) or is
it overkill.. Curtis
From: Walter.Klatt@shaw.ca
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: RE: (SPAM?) Re: [rebel-builders] Fuel ports into cabin
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:00:50 -0800
I've yet to ever find any water in any of my tanks, lines or gascolator.
And I have flown in a few pretty strong rain storms. I have the ram
vents in my fuel caps. So if water does get in there, can't be a lot,
and don't know where it disappears to if I do get any.
Walter
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From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of
Paul Lennemann
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 3:43 PM
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Subject: re: (SPAM?) Re: [rebel-builders] Fuel ports into cabin
Does water enter the fuel tanks when flying in the rain?
Paul Lennemann
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