just having the
reserve, even if you'd have to pee your pants to actually USE it, sure is
nice.

Bill, et al,

 

I love the discussion of fuel systems in the 320/360 series.  Lance could never imagined the variations introduced in this particular aircraft plan. Big wheels/little wheels, long or short wings, big or small tail, parallel arm or swing up canopy, Wizard of Oz engines, and fuel systems - they come in every shape - to protect from imagined or real gremlins, to match experience, to provide for the "mission", to be simple or complex, connected via plastic tube or SS braided teflon, pumps in parallel or series, header or no header, egg timer or automatic, etc....  They all seem to have worked sufficiently well that no crash (320/360) that I know of has been caused by a failure of the "fuel system" up to the engine pump.  Bravo!

 

Bill, personally, I carry gallon zip lock bags stuffed with paper towels - occasionally stained a bit yellow and deposited in the trash bin at the next fuel stop.

 

I hate interruptions to a nice smooth flight.

 

BTW, Kudos to the zipper inventor.