Return-Path: Received: from smtp5.netdoor.com ([208.137.128.159] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 2971990 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 02 Feb 2004 22:54:01 -0500 Received: from netdoor.com (port964.jxn.netdoor.com [208.148.210.64]) by smtp5.netdoor.com (8.12.10/8.12.1) with ESMTP id i133rbrX016979 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 21:53:38 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <401F1B3C.1050604@netdoor.com> Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 21:53:32 -0600 From: Charlie & Tupper England Reply-To: cengland@netdoor.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: fuel shutoff valves References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.1 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.31 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) Completely anecdotal reason & a psychological hangup on my part, but the memory of that award winning EZ going down with a (reportedly) failed electric fuel valve a few years ago is my motivation. I won't need the remote feature so anything that requires a physical action on my part anyway might as well not depend on power. One less component to carry, less wire, etc. Charlie Jim Sower wrote: >I like them because they can be remoted and operated electrically. That was the >object of the exercise. > >Charlie & Tupper England wrote: > > > >>Has anyone looked into removing the motor from these valves & replacing >>it with a simple handle? >> >>Charlie >> >>Dale Rogers wrote: >> >> >> >>>Jim, >>> >>> Do you have the part # for that valve handy? I did a >>>search at JC Whitney and only came up with two valves >>>(4 port and 6 port) and they were both *motor* driven - >>>which means they have _no_ default condition. >>> >>>Dale R. >>>COZY #1254 (confidence layups) >>> >>>Jim Sower wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>JC Whitney has electric selector valves for trucks with two tanks. Defaults >>>>to one tank and the other is electrically selected. I mean to use one for >>>>master cutoff. By plugging up one outlet or the other you can have a cutoff >>>>that is electrically OFF or electrically ON. Mine will be default ON and >>>>electrically OFF. >>>>They are pretty affordable ... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>>>>Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >>>> >>>> > >-- >Jim Sower ... Destiny's Plaything >Crossville, TN; Chapter 5 >Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T > > > > > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >>> >>> > > >