Jeff Spitzer wrote:

At 09:21 AM 6/4/99 -0700, you wrote:

Marvin Kaye wrote:

The Lancair IV and IV-P use ganged fuel selectors to route return fuel to
the active tank.  I know the valve is pretty expensive, but does the job of
getting that heated fuel out of the system.

     <Marv>

Note that fuel heating and it's effect on vapor pressure get more
problematic the higher you go.  Our high altitude research aircraft use
pressurized tanks and fuel chillers to avoid losing all the fuel to ambient
boil-off.

Jeff Spitzer

 
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