X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:51:10 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [64.12.143.99] (HELO imo-m11.mail.aol.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.10) with ESMTP id 3321866 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:27:45 -0500 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m11.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v39.1.) id q.ccb.3d2c034d (65099) for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:27:40 -0500 (EST) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:27:40 EST Subject: Re: [LML] Tank vent. X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1227918460" X-Mailer: AOL 9.1 sub 5000 X-Spam-Flag:NO -------------------------------1227918460 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (yada, yada,yada...), I have a 1/4" vent for each tank with the engine sucking from the header and have never had a problem......... That's the point of the calculation - it's not a problem....... Grayhawk Blood (fuel) is thicker than air................. In a message dated 11/28/2008 2:25:39 P.M. Central Standard Time, ian.crowe@sympatico.ca writes: You guys are too well educated with all your calculations. You are confusing yourselves and each other. Look at other aircraft in the hangar, they all work well some have 3/8" and some 1/4". Some face forward others are just proud of the wing and have a 45degree chamfer. I have a Lancair 360 with the extended fuel tanks and the 3/8" vent goes from the outboard tank to atmosphere. Never a problem, fuel flows keep the engine purring and the wings show no signs of collapse!!!!! Stop your intellectual aerobatics and get on withthe job. Happy Thanksgiving from a Canadian cousin. Ian B. Crowe LNC 2 C-FKRO **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) -------------------------------1227918460 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (yada, yada,yada...),

I have a 1/4" vent for each tank with the engine sucking from the heade= r=20 and have never had a problem.........

That's the point of the calculation - it's not a problem.......

Grayhawk

Blood (fuel) is thicker than air.................

In a message dated 11/28/2008 2:25:39 P.M. Central Standard Time,=20 ian.crowe@sympatico.ca writes:

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You guys are too well educated with all y= our=20 calculations. You are confusing yourselves and each other. Look=20= at=20 other aircraft in the hangar, they all work well some have 3/8" and=20= some=20 1/4". Some face forward others are just proud of the wing and have a=20 45degree chamfer.

I have a Lancair 360 with the extended fu= el tanks=20 and the 3/8" vent goes from the outboard tank to atmosphere. Never a= =20 problem, fuel flows keep the engine purring and the wings show no signs of= =20 collapse!!!!!

Stop your intellectual aerobatics and get= on=20 withthe job.

Happy Thanksgiving from a Canadian=20 cousin.

Ian B. Crowe
LNC 2=20 C-FKRO

Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try= the NEW AOL.com.

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