Jeff Spitzer wrote:

In light of the recent S51 crash that may have been a fuel problem and the
known fact that a majority of kit crashes due to mechanical failure involve
fuel delivery, I believe it's time we had an in-depth discussion of how a
proper fuel system should be designed for a 13B powered airplane.  I think
to limit the scope it would be reasonable to consider all engines injected
and therefore requiring "high pressure" fuel delivery systems.  I propose
we start by having the members whose planes are flying post the details of
their fuel systems.  From there we can look at what works, what people
like, and what they don't.  If we can have half the discussion about fuel
delivery that we did about cooling we should definitely save some hardware
if not some lives.

Jeff Spitzer

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