A useful mind set is to consider that header tank equipped Lancairs have
only one fuel tank (the header) and two aux tanks (the wings). Thus, a one
tank airplane only needs a shutoff valve between the tank and the firewall
forward components and pumps to move the fuel from the aux tanks to the main
(header) tank.
Most of us don't have selector valves (and the associated headaches).
There are many clever schemes for managing the fuel level in the header.
Scott Krueger
AKA Grayhawk
Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96
Aurora, IL
(KARR)
Darwinian culling phrase: Watch
This!