Hi, fellow rotary enthusiasts.  I am building an SQ2000

canard pusher

with a

13B. I have two
strake fuel tanks that would be considered "mid-wing". I

plan on

having a

fuel line from each tank
into my approximately 2 gallon sump tank, and from there it

will go

to the

fuel pumps, fuel rail,
and to the regulator.  My question is, is it best to have

the unused

return

fuel from the fuel
pressure regulator go back into the sump tank, or run a

seperate line

back up

into one of the fuel
strake tanks?
    I am getting ready to put the top on the second strake

tank, and

it would

be best to install
any and all fuel lines before the top goes on permanently.
     Thanks so much for your suggestions. Hope to see as

many

rotaries as

possible at Sun-N-Fun
soon.   Paul Conner

On my Cozy, I installed one 3/8" return line to each tank. The

cozy has

one

2qt sump blister under each tank. I will be running one supply

line from

each sump to shut off valve, than small gascolator for the

water and

heavy

contaminants, electric fuel pump and after that in to Y to the

engine.

All

the return fuel goes in to my left (Main) tank. Fuel level

control will

be

done by:
Start and taxi on the left main tank
Take off both pumps (both tanks) running
Cruise switch tanks when left goes down. The return fuel fills

it

slowly, so

I go back to left tank...
At least that's my plan.
--

Bulent Aliev
Ft Lauderdale, FL

Hi, Bulent....thanks for the posting....I discussed this with

the designer

of my SQ2000 and he advised against it, stating that in the event I

failed

to closely monitor my fuel levels, (forget to switch tanks), that

the

continuous overflow of unused fuel from the right tank into the

left tank

would cause a problem once the left tank becomes full. It would

then start

pumping fuel out of the vent line of the overfilled left tank.He

said that

if I go with that system, I should have a pump which will allow

fuel

transfer between tanks.
      Dave Atkins suggested that there is a fuel selector that

will send the

return fuel back to the tank that is selected. Makes more sense.
      Then, of course if I go with the sump tank, fuel will only

be pumped

into the sump tank regardless of which tank I am using, or even

when running

on both tanks. Hope this helps. Keep building.....we need more

rotary

powered pushers in the air.  Paul Conner

        How about a line from the left to right tank, located just below
the vent line ? Over flow would go from left tank to right tank instead
of out  the vent, Virg

Virgil N. Salisbury AMSOIL
WWW.LUBEDEALER.COM/SALISBURY

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