Bernie,
That sounds like a good solution, for your application.  The Lancair
doesn't have a firewall recess.  When I asked Tracy about the hp fuel
lines in the cabin, he replied that leaks in metal lines start small and
he would notice/smell it right away before it became a real hazard.
This may not be the case if the leak is in front of the firewall.  My
fuel system has one hp line in the cabin and it is stainless.  

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of WALTER B KERR
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 9:56 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: fuel pump mounting ( fuel system architecture)


On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:06:01 -0500 "Mark R Steitle"
<mark.steitle@austin.utexas.edu> writes:
> I'm
> concerned about having pressurized fuel in the cabin.    
>
> Mark
>
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Hi Mark,

Yep, I don't like that idea at all even though my hero Tracy does it in
the Otter. Ed A put his on the engine side of the firewall and I didn't
like that answer either so I mounted them in the firewall recess that
RV's require for CS prop governor and oil filter. Put a SS lid on it so
that they are in their on cavity, there is a drain line to the underside
of the airplane. Believe that I would smell fuel if it were leaking
there
because it is near the main tank vents and you can sure smell fuel if
you
are blowing fuel thru one of the vents.

Bernie

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