Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 08:11:09 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from ncsmtp03.ogw.rr.com ([24.93.67.84] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0) with ESMTP id 1841017 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 19:59:28 -0400 Received: from mail5.carolina.rr.com (fe5 [24.93.67.52]) by ncsmtp03.ogw.rr.com (8.12.5/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g9KNx9iZ012638 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 19:59:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from o7y6b5 ([24.25.90.153]) by mail5.carolina.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Sun, 20 Oct 2002 19:59:11 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <001801c27895$80f38b60$1702a8c0@WorkGroup> From: "Ed Anderson" X-Original-To: "flyrotary" Subject: Flop Tube WAS RV Glider X-Original-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:05:02 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Some of you may recall my episode where I could not use the last 3 gallons or so of fuel from my right tank which has a flop tube installed. I concluded that the flop tube must have hung up on a lightening hole or some other obstruction which kept the end suspended approx 2 1/2" above the bottom of the tank. Well, today, I took the tank off the wing being careful not to disturb the flop tube as I wanted to see what it was hung up on. Well, much to my surprise when I unscrewed and opened up the access plate, the flop tube was laying exactly where it should be. Further, I had never cut a lightening hole in that bays ribs ( which I thought it might have hung upon), plus I had installed all the guards that Van's recommends for the flop tube tank (I had forgotten the details over the past 6 years). Well, I was really perplexed in that the flop tube was not hung up on anything and reached in and grabbed the flop tube and much to my surprise it came out the access door in my hand! The flop tube had not hung up, the flare nut holding to the bulkhead fitting had come unscrewed. The only thing I can conclude (as I flew approx 150 hours before having the fuel problem) is that I must have not torque it on sufficiently and the vibration eventually loosened and unscrewed the flare nut and flop tube. So I was only picking fuel up that rose as high as the bulkhead fitting. So flop tube fitting is torque firmly and hopefully finally. Best Regards Ed Anderson Ed Anderson Matthews, NC RV-6A N494BW eanderson@carolina.rr.com