X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao05.cox.net ([68.230.241.34] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.2) with ESMTP id 966034 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 27 May 2005 17:32:50 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.34; envelope-from=ALVentures@cox.net Received: from BigAl ([68.7.14.39]) by fed1rmmtao05.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050527213205.QXKI8651.fed1rmmtao05.cox.net@BigAl> for ; Fri, 27 May 2005 17:32:05 -0400 From: "Al Gietzen" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Sump tank - Velocity version Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 14:32:08 -0700 Message-ID: <000001c56303$88f53470$6400a8c0@BigAl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C562C8.DC965C70" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C562C8.DC965C70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Al, that was probably standing still in front of your hangar. In the = air there's going to be some sloshing away from your tank pickups = -especially when climbing or descending - which are really lousy times to lose fuel pressure! =20 Joe Hull =20 Don't worry; I'll never fly with just 2 gallons in each tank; at least = not deliberately. The point of course was that all the fuel will drain from = the mains to the sump at an ample rate. =20 Al ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C562C8.DC965C70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Al, that was = probably standing still in front of your hangar.  In the air there’s = going to be some sloshing away from your tank pickups –especially when = climbing or descending – which are really lousy times to lose fuel = pressure!

 

Joe = Hull

 

Don’t = worry; I’ll never fly with just 2 gallons in each tank; at least not = deliberately.  The point of course was that all the fuel will drain from the mains to the = sump at an ample rate.

 

Al

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