Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 15:42:23 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from pop3.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b6) with ESMTP id 1683313 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 06 Aug 2002 15:41:40 -0400 Received: from flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.232]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71866U8000L800S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:34:30 -0400 Received: from sdn-ap-003watacop0168.dialsprint.net ([63.187.208.168] helo=f3g6s4) by flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17cACy-0004t4-00 for lancair.list@olsusa.com; Tue, 06 Aug 2002 12:41:33 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <005501c23d81$46d16a00$a8d0bb3f@f3g6s4> Reply-To: "Dan Schaefer" From: "Dan Schaefer" X-Original-To: "Lancair list" Subject: Re: Fuel feed practice/plumbing X-Original-Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:41:34 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 In answer to Neal Garvin, in my case the answer is simple. The airplane was designed that way - and judging from the number of experimental accidents attributed to fuel system design, I wasn't willing to throw those particular dice. Add to that the fact that my LNC2 was an early unit (even Lance's prototype 235 wasn't flying when I bought mine - the 200 had flown, but I don't count that) there were a number of other more pressing issues to deal with. Plus the fact that with a full header tank (I always keep mine full, or nearly so) with a complete failure of every pump, including the mechanical pump, my engine will keep running at reduced power on the header-to-carb head pressure for quite a while. Dan Schaefer