X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:07:12 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtp106.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.205] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.5) with SMTP id 3050897 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:24:31 -0400 Received: (qmail 20912 invoked from network); 1 Aug 2008 06:24:31 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=swbell.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Message-ID:From:To:References:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=aZH4pS5UIZnd6/Vqm9Rh00JuURGJx/j8laNK1k7JLFA48CQIq3858m+kfOgSQ7gL/anK6wIGByOPa1+MjSM+v1zawCgl3cIhwEfrDGgeHR1TmwX4rQtumRN9x1Nk9VGvbD/f7uuCnb7t/V/Dc1+UA/Vwadb64IR+NRrYqMZ3Xpo= ; Received: from unknown (HELO eaglenest61) (gbfitz@swbell.net@99.144.118.240 with login) by smtp106.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 Aug 2008 06:24:30 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: Wyfc7GgVM1lA7C.PZRwXdelsr9_9Dt7D12_TxxxcBjn.tXJZ20I._4bUSHeMKpPXk_Nxi7FZoXIP1UsF1lXaJBBUIp2x0mcrCZ7KeQ9u0pqI9Mpe61B0XnnWuAreZwA- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Original-Message-ID: <004a01c8f39e$c3fcdc10$4001a8c0@eaglenest61> From: "Gary Fitzgerald" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: [LML] Re: Lancair 360 Slosh Bay X-Original-Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:20:58 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0047_01C8F374.DA8C8FE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0047_01C8F374.DA8C8FE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Will, Changing the fuel pickup installation is probably #3 on my "If I had to = do this again..." list. Knowing what I know now, I'd get a few of those = FU3 fittings from Lancair and mount them as low in the outboard BL50 rib = as possible, trimming one side so the finger strainer sat just off the = bottom of the lower wing skin. This will give you more options when you = run your fuel lines, especially since you're going to have to run 3/8" = line instead of the 1/4" line that those of us who have header tanks are = using. The slosh doors were added fairly late in the 320/360 life cycle (at = least when the manual was changed ), as my 1997 kit has the cutouts in = the BL74 ribs as the only slosh prevention mechanism. Gary Fitzgerald LNC2 extra-slow build ~70% engine: TBD St. Charles, MO ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Will Holden=20 To: lml@lancaironline.net=20 Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:21 PM Subject: [LML] Lancair 360 Slosh Bay Did you change your fuel pick up from the manual's way? I am thinking = I am going to use the finger strainers, like the one that would have = gone in the header tank, that the sell. They are the required 3/8". My = question is: should they be bent back like in the manual to be parallel = to the ribs, or is it ok for them to be perpendicular? That do you guys = think? Thanks in advance. Will ------=_NextPart_000_0047_01C8F374.DA8C8FE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Will,
 
Changing the fuel pickup installation = is probably=20 #3 on my "If I had to do this again..." list.  Knowing what I know = now, I'd=20 get a few of those FU3 fittings from Lancair and mount them as low in = the=20 outboard BL50 rib as possible, trimming one side so the finger strainer = sat just=20 off the bottom of the lower wing skin.  This will give you more = options=20 when you run your fuel lines, especially since you're going to have to = run 3/8"=20 line instead of the 1/4" line that those of us who have header = tanks are=20 using.
 
The slosh doors were added fairly late = in the=20 320/360 life cycle (at least when the manual was changed ), as my 1997 = kit has=20 the cutouts in the BL74 ribs as the only slosh prevention=20 mechanism.
 
Gary = Fitzgerald
LNC2=20 extra-slow build ~70%
engine: TBD
St. Charles, MO
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Will=20 Holden
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 = 2:21=20 PM
Subject: [LML] Lancair 360 = Slosh=20 Bay

Did you change your fuel pick up from = the=20 manual's way?  I am thinking I am going to use the finger = strainers, like=20 the one that would have gone in the header tank, that the sell.  = They are=20 the required 3/8".  My question is:  should they be bent = back like=20 in the manual to be parallel to the ribs, or is it ok for them to be=20 perpendicular?  That do you guys think?  Thanks in=20 advance.
 
Will
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