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From: "Paul" <sqpilot@bellsouth.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: uneven fuel draw Re: Vapor Lock
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:18:13 -0600
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Hi, Bernie....It would seem on the surface, at least that they would drain 
equally. There are a few factors that can alter that statement, 
however....primary concern is venting. They need to be identical in length, 
diameter and positioning.
     Yes, my tanks drain at the same rate.  As far as sucking air when 
empty, that I cannot answer, as I never have ran any of my tanks empty. I 
like the warm, fuzzy feeling I get with plenty of fuel in my tanks.  Since 
both tanks run into a sump tank, it would seem that even if one tank were 
empty, the fuel from the remaining tank would still run downhill to fill the 
sump tank. Am I missing something here?   Take care, and congrats again on 
receiving your airworthiness certificate.  Paul Conner

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From: <jbker@juno.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 6:43 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: uneven fuel draw Re: Vapor Lock


>
> Paul C wrote:
>
> Hi, Bernie....the tanks are the highest point of the fuel system, and the
> "Y" (fuel selector) sump tank, etc are lower than the tanks.  Paul
> Conner
> -----------------------------
>
> Sorry Paul, I'm having a senior moment. Do your tanks empty at the same 
> rate or not? My aux tanks, 12 gals in each wing are coming thru a common 
> selector valve position with the intersection below the level of the 
> tanks, do you think they will pump both dry or one dry and then air even 
> though there is fuel in the other tank??  Boy that is an engineers 
> sentence structure:>)
>
>
> Raining today and a good day to take the EC2 manual in the cockpit and try 
> to get all the modes semi understood!  Tracy gives lots of options, but 
> requires some user responsibility.
>
> Bernie
>
>
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