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Hi, Rusty and thanks for
the response. I have been wondering if I really even need a sump tank. I know
that Velocity Aircraft uses one in their aircraft, so I just figured they know a
lot more about these canards than I do. It would, however be nice to totally
eliminate a sump tank and just run the return back to say, the left fuel
strake.
I tried to outsmart Tracy with my
fuel system, but in the end, I decided to copy the way he does it. He
feeds fuel from one tank only, and has a transfer pump to move fuel from the
other tank as needed. The beauties of this system are
that there's no selector valve, and you also get to completely drain
one tank without worrying about killing the engine. Of course with a
sump, you could drain both tanks, then have two whole gallons of pucker
:-)
The downside is that you can't
change tanks if one is damaged, or contaminated. I figure if one is
contaminated, the other probably is too, and damage is pretty unlikely
(even less for you backward plastic plane types <g>).
I believe Tracy uses the left tank, so I will use the right, just
because I have to do something different :-) No really, I can only
imagine damage to the tank if something from the engine compartment
departs. And I can only imagine that being turbo shrapnel, or the
exhaust pipe, and that's all on the left
side.
BTW, I really do want to see your
plane some day. Maybe you can come see mine when I'm ready to do the
cowling work, since I hate fiberglass
:-)
Cheers,
Rusty (fingers crossed, I'll have a radiator ordered
tomorrow)
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