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I wonder if drilling some small holes on the horizontal portion of fuel tank vent would prolong the time before you lost fuel flow. With enough icing...
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Curious why you are using primer. Is your topcoat going to be a light color and you need a white base for it?
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In my Maule with similar size tanks and the facet cube pumps it took 30 minutes so that is in the ballpark....
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That is tragic Luke, hope the prop didn't hit, looks like it didn't. I've heard too many stories of highly experienced non owners having accidents. Have...
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Thanks Paul. Looks good, not an option I was aware of, will be talking to them.
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Still waiting to hear from Andair, probably going to have to make a call to England. Looking at my pump specs, it only flows 16gal/hr at 30psi. They say...
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For a fuel injected high wing aircraft, it seems like there should be two flow tests performed. One to see if there is sufficient gravity flow to the...
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You are right on Lycoming engine prices. Still I think you can find a better deal on a 540 than the one you mention. Forum members have completed planes...
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My understanding is that you need to test for gravity flow to the engine driven pump inlet. The electric pump should just be backup in case of an engine...
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Nev, that fuel flow rate is great, did you test it at a higher angle? Tells me that I have a major issue somewhere....
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Fuel flow test fail
Did a fuel flow test yesterday. Knowledgeable engine people tell me my modified parallel valve IO-540 should make 290-310 HP so I did my flow calculations...
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Double check everything
Getting ready for a fuel flow test I started adding fuel to the main wing tanks, pouring from a 5 gal fuel can. I poured about 1/2 of the can into the...
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Welcome, great that you have a taildragger to fly while building!
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So the 6501 lights appear to be position and strobe, but not rear light. I still would mount them on the outward most part of the wingtip both horizontally...
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