Bulent Aliev wrote:

John Slade wrote:

Not sure if you were there when this was discussed. I'm thinking of a sealed
tank under the center spar with two feeds and two pumps, one for reserve.
The return line would go in there. Trouble is, I think this means you'd need
three pumps - one on the tank side of the holding tank. Let me know if you
get better ideas.

Hi John, I am aware of this location for header tank. my problem is that it is
inside the cabin, and it's directly above the main landing gear strut. I am
afraid, crash landing can drive the strut in to the tank. Looks like small header
tank on the engine side of the fire wall,  is a better solution.

On another issue - how's it going with your PSRU? WIll you be using the
stock housing? Is it a manual or auto?

I will be using the bell housing that came with the automatic transmission. Mine
is very robust and is 13 lbs. Using it will give me aprox extra 3-4 inches
length, which is beneficial for  the pusher installation. I will have to talk to
Tracy one day if the shaft of his gear box have to be custom cut longer than
standard to compensate for the extra length.
Chris Harris from Rotec ( rotry@aol.com ) will be doing some final changes like 3
mm seals, exhaust porting, new rotor bearings before assembling sometime this
week. Than will have to do the intake exhaust, mount....

Thank you all for the replies to my fuel return question.
Bulent

 
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