Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.66] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b5) with ESMTP id 150668 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 09:47:51 -0400 Received: from rad ([65.6.194.9]) by imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040613134612.XYBR25249.imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rad> for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 09:46:12 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Low fuel pressure Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 08:46:14 -0500 Message-ID: <00d101c4514c$cb603220$6001a8c0@rad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00D2_01C45122.E28A2A20" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00D2_01C45122.E28A2A20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable - Do you have a fuel pressure sensor on both pumps, or just one? On both.=20 =20 Where exactly are the pressure sensors installed? Are they right at the carbs, or maybe right after the pump. I guess the universal thought = would be that the restriction would have to be somewhere before the pressure sensor. =20 On the subject of firesleeve, I was highly disappointed in that stuff = with rev-1. For some reason, I thought it would shield the item inside from heat, but that seems to be incorrect. I put it on my throttle cable (several inches from the turbo), and it melted the plastic on the = outside of the cable housing. I put it on one of my motor mount tubes (maybe only = an inch from the turbo), and it melted the paint off the tube. As far as I = can tell, it doesn't do a good job at all of stopping heat transfer, though = it will probably buy you a couple minutes if flames are licking at the = tubing, which is what it was made for. =20 =20 Cheers, Rusty (wasp free, but still on call) =20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_00D2_01C45122.E28A2A20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
- Do you = have a fuel=20 pressure sensor on both pumps, or just one?
On both. 
 
Where exactly=20 are the pressure sensors installed?  Are they right at the carbs, = or maybe=20 right after the pump.  I guess the universal thought would be that = the=20 restriction would have to be somewhere before the pressure=20 sensor.
 
On the=20 subject of firesleeve, I was highly disappointed in that stuff with = rev-1. =20 For some reason, I thought it would shield the item inside from = heat, but=20 that seems to be incorrect.  I put it on my throttle cable (several = inches=20 from the turbo), and it melted the plastic on the outside of the = cable=20 housing.  I put it on one of my motor mount tubes (maybe only an = inch from=20 the turbo), and it melted the paint off the tube.  As far as I can = tell, it=20 doesn't do a good job at all of stopping heat transfer, though it will = probably=20 buy you a couple minutes if flames are licking at the tubing, which is = what it=20 was made for.  
 
Cheers,
Rusty (wasp=20 free, but still on call) 
 
 
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