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Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 18:58:57 -0600
From: Bob White <bob@bob-white.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Fuel System
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Hi Ed,

Where does the fuel go after the header tank fills up?

Bob W.

On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 21:03:39 -0400
"Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
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> Just for comparison -my fuel system is very similar in concept.  The
> principal conceptual difference is I have a header tank for return of my
> fuel from injectors mounted on the fire wall and is =BD pint in capacity.=
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> theory is not much fuel to have to get rid of if it gets hot. The fuel fl=
ow
> into the engine through the injectors continuously pulls cool fuel from w=
ing
> tanks.
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>  8 gallons of hot fuel (if it ever got hot) might take a while to burn do=
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> to the point the cool incoming fuel does some good.
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> This size  goes counter to =93tradition=94 on size of header tanks but is=
 more
> in line with the =93returnless=94 systems on most of today=92s automobile=
s.
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> FWIW
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> Ed
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> Ed Anderson
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> Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
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> Matthews, NC
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> http://www.dmack.net/mazda/index.html
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> http://members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW
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> From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
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> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 7:35 PM
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> Subject: [FlyRotary] Fuel System
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> Hi All
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> We are trying to make a decision re: fuel system.
> I=92ve attached a PDF with design and questions etc.
> Could you please pull it to pieces, make recommendations?
> Steve Thomas can you comment also from the GSIIRG perspective?
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> Steve Izett
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