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From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Russell Duffy
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004
11:20 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Fuel
Transfer
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.
Rusty (finished the new W&B numbers,
but I can't post the results until tonight)