X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [129.116.87.143] (HELO MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.4) with ESMTP id 1002931 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:29:27 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=129.116.87.143; envelope-from=mark.steitle@austin.utexas.edu X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: fuel pump mounting ( fuel system architecture) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:28:40 -0500 Message-ID: <87DBA06C9A5CB84B80439BA09D86E69E016C1A2A@MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: fuel pump mounting ( fuel system architecture) Thread-Index: AcVxvXK3jOoBjZVMTLiZEO2Jo7PoQwAAJCHw From: "Mark R Steitle" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Bernie, That sounds like a good solution, for your application. The Lancair doesn't have a firewall recess. When I asked Tracy about the hp fuel lines in the cabin, he replied that leaks in metal lines start small and he would notice/smell it right away before it became a real hazard. This may not be the case if the leak is in front of the firewall. My fuel system has one hp line in the cabin and it is stainless. =20 Mark -----Original Message----- From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of WALTER B KERR Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 9:56 AM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: fuel pump mounting ( fuel system architecture) On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:06:01 -0500 "Mark R Steitle" writes: > I'm > concerned about having pressurized fuel in the cabin. =20 >=20 > Mark >=20 ----------------------- Hi Mark, Yep, I don't like that idea at all even though my hero Tracy does it in the Otter. Ed A put his on the engine side of the firewall and I didn't like that answer either so I mounted them in the firewall recess that RV's require for CS prop governor and oil filter. Put a SS lid on it so that they are in their on cavity, there is a drain line to the underside of the airplane. Believe that I would smell fuel if it were leaking there because it is near the main tank vents and you can sure smell fuel if you are blowing fuel thru one of the vents. Bernie >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html