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Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel Drains



  It seemed to me that the strake bottoms are too flat to concentrate
contaminates. Try putting some water in an open strake and consider that the
plane may often be tilted one way or another. Also consider the location of
the drain holes in the valve body and where they will ultimately be in
relation to the strake bottom. Each drain installation is a potential leak.
  If a lot of water got into the system there may not be a good way to deal
with it. The only thing I can think of would be a blister on the underside
of each strake. The header is likely to be full when refuelling so it seems
to me the water may reach it only after the plane has been flying for a
while. Cheery thought.   -Bill

prototype 'Super' Chipmunk N18EF
Velocity Classic RG N6098S in the works


> I highly recommend sump drains.  One FBO pumped 3 gallons of water into my
tanks,
> and without sump drains I would have been in trouble.  When I checked for
water
> in the test cup it looked alright at first, then I noticed a small bead of
fuel
> floating on the top of the test sample.  So, it happens.  It is rare but
it does
> happen.
>
> LK