Return-Path: Received: from relay01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.131.34] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with ESMTP id 2635813 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 21:14:38 -0400 Received: (qmail 16928 invoked from network); 14 Oct 2003 01:14:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO frontiernet.net) ([170.215.97.8]) (envelope-sender ) by relay01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (FrontierMTA 2.3.6) with SMTP for ; 14 Oct 2003 01:14:35 -0000 Message-ID: <3F8B4017.7D77488A@frontiernet.net> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:15:19 -0400 From: Jim Sower X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Fuel pumps References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Velocity (173 FG) has the standard ~5-gal sump in the belly just forward of the landing gear bow. Wings gravity feed into the sump and fuel pump draws from there. Asymmetric transfer drove me NUTS for the longest time. Have it pretty much under control now, but understand it's a little bit of a common problem. If you have a sump you gravity feed, use bigger than 3/8 lines. CCI wrote: > Hi Jim, I was referring to Rusty's RV-3R, sorry for the misunderstanding. I > do have a question for you though, do you have the firewall header tank > installed on your Velocity, and is that an option, or is it standard? Fred