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Rusty why not just 'tee' into the gas line from the tank? If you
get the tee close enought to the tank it shouldn't be to bad, it won't be gas
pump fast but... should work shouldn't it?
Jarrett
I thought about that,
but I'm reluctant to modify the new truck, particularly on the high pressure
side of the fuel line. I haven't listened to the pump, but on some
vehicles, the fuel pump comes on to pre-pressurize the system at the first
position of the key switch. I thought about putting a line after the pump
(which is probably in the tank), and using the vehicles pump to transfer fuel to
the plane. I'm afraid this would be pretty slow though.
The current thought is a
custom made aluminum tank, that's on wheels, but could be secured in the truck
bed. It would also have to have a nice ground wire attachment, to connect
to the truck, or plane as needed. The idea would be to also have
a cart on wheels at the hanger, which would be the same height as the
truck bed. I could easily roll the tank from the truck bed onto the cart,
then wheel the cart over to the plane. It should be high enough to gravity
feed into the plane, via a large line installed at the bottom of the tank.
Still thinking about it, but it's not my
biggest problem at the moment.
Cheers,
Rusty (finished the new W&B numbers, but
I can't post the results until tonight)
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