From: CHRISTOPHER_ZAVATSON@udlp.com
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:14:17 -0600
Message-ID: <001DDCA5.C21254@udlp.com>
Subject: RE: Adapters
To: Lancair.list@olsusa.com
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     >>I have a carburated 320.  I wasn't planning on installing a fuel 
     >>pressure transducer unless you think there is some pressing need for 
     >>one.
     
     >>I'm going by my experience flying carberated "Spam Cans" which don't 
     >>usually have fuel pressure gauges.
     
     
     Without a fuel pressure gauge you cannot detect the beginnings of a 
     fuel flow restriction or failure of a pump until it is too late.  
     According to FAR 23.1305 every engine with a pump should have a fuel 
     pressure or flow gauge.  While experimentals aren't bound by FAR 23, 
     most of these requirements make good sense.
     
     
     
     Sec. 23.1305 Powerplant instruments. 
     The following are required powerplant instruments: 
     .......
     (4) For each pump-fed engine, a means: 
     (i) That continuously indicates, to the pilot, the fuel pressure or 
     fuel flow; or 
     (ii) That continuously monitors the fuel system and warns the pilot of 
     any fuel flow trend that could lead to engine failure. 
     .......
     
     
     Chris Zavatson
     N91CZ