Subject: Fuel system
From: Rotary Engine
Date: 8/29/2011, 7:57 PM
To: AAA Put this in the To box


Hi,

  Attached is my idea of a simple fuel system for my Vision low wing
  aircraft.
  Will this work or am I overlooking something?

  Regards,

  Pierre Swanepoel

  Not a bad idea. Looks like it is worth a try. Monitor the tank
  quantities when testing to see what happens. I assume there is a
bit  of dihedral in the wings.

  Paul Lamar

  Pierre,

What would happen if someone closed the shut-off valve while the
pumps were running?

Mark S.

Good point Mark. Probably best to forget the valve and turn off the pumps.

Paul Lamar

You could use Swagelok check valves with a 1/3 pound cracking pressure as the
non-return valves. That way when you shut off one pump and start the other the
fuel goes to the engine and not to the first tank.

Dale Davies



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