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Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 10:01:43 -0500
To: lancair.list@olsusa.com
From: Marvin Kaye <marvkaye@olsusa.com>
Subject: LNC2 fuel transfer; gas strut
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Posted for Dr Michael A Fopp <michael_fopp@compuserve.com>:

I got my electrics back on yesterday, following the repairs after my first
flight incident last May.  Having emptied the header tank in to the wings
to remove it the first job was to re-fill.  I decided to time the
re-filling process and I thought other LML subscribers might like to
compare my times.  It took 4 minutes to transfer 1 US Gal.  This seems a
long time to me and means that at 7 gph the pumps are going to be on over
half the time!  Can anyone enlighten me further of the time it takes in
their aircraft.  For example, with air flow over the vents I presume the
tanks are slightly pressurized - will this speed the process up?

One other cautionary tale.  In the re-assembly process to repair the damage
caused by my nose leg failure I fitted the nuts/bolts which fix the nose
leg drag link and hydraulic cylinder with the tails (nuts) facing to the
left.  This caused a conflict when the leg was retracted as the nuts and
bolt-ends scraped the gas strut as they passed each other.  The force of
the hydraulic cylinder was sufficient to actually bend the gas strut, so be
warned - clearances are so tight in the nose leg tunnel that bolts have to
be correctly orientated.  Luckily I had a spare gas strut but now I am out
of spares -does anyone know what model of car the strut comes off so I can
replace my spare?

On the matter of Dynafocal mounts - I do not understand how Vern can say
that they are the same.  The geometry of the mounting points is very
different.

Michael

 Dr Michael A Fopp 
 michael_fopp@compuserve.com


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