X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:46:49 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [206.229.254.18] (HELO smtp.perigee.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.4) with ESMTP id 1419572 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:13:13 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.229.254.18; envelope-from=jschroeder@perigee.net Received: from john-study.home_wireless (dsl-208-26-41-102.perigee.net [208.26.41.102]) by smtp.perigee.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k8PGCS3E018196 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:12:31 -0400 X-Original-Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:12:40 -0400 X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Boost pump switching References: From: "John Schroeder" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Original-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera M2/7.54 (Win32, build 3929) Gary - The guys at GAMI/Advanced Pilot Seminars have remarked several times that they really liked the aneroid (altitude compensating)circuit in the Continental fuel pumps. Continental apparently took it off because the field mechanics didn't/couldn't/wouldn't set them up properly and they got a bad rap amongst the customer base. John On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:46:48 -0400, John Huft wrote: > > > Gary Casey wrote: > >> The comment about altitude compensation is partly true. Some >> Continental systems have an aneroid bellows that adjusts for altitude, >> but I have no idea as to whether it works well. > > > I have a C-185 with an IO-550 and the aneroid bellows system. It works > quite well...it always needs a little tweaking, but it does a much > better job of compensating for altitude than the bendix system on my RV8. > > John Huft > Pagosa Springs, CO > > > -- > For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/lml/ > >