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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: fuel consumption gauge
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:26:01 +0800
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Thanks Charlie
Appreciate the info re position of regulator.
Steve Izett
> On 27 Jul 2017, at 10:08 am, Charlie England =
<flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
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> On 7/26/2017 4:58 PM, Neil Unger wrote:
>> Gents,  Is anyone aware of a fuel consumption  gauge that will give =
fuel consumption in real time?  I can get one that has two flow meters =
but that makes installation complicated and not really cost effective.  =
I am looking for something that works off the injectors.  As usual it =
has to be "tweaked" with actual fuel usage.  Did not Tracy have such a =
system?  Neil.
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> Just about any fuel flow instrument will work, if you design the fuel =
architecture to allow it. If you place the regulator & its bypass prior =
to the flow sensor & injectors, you only need one sensor. The fuel 'dead =
heads' at the injectors, so it's always at full system pressure, and in =
the unlikely event that there is vapor in the lines, it's immediately =
blown through the injectors. It's how virtually every car is set up =
these days. It's being done in a/c, too. I'm pretty sure that Tracy has =
this fuel delivery architecture in the RV-8 3-rotor.
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> If you're patient, you can find Flowscan sensors & various brands of =
totalizers on Ebay  for very good prices.
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> Charlie
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