REFLECTOR: Fuel Sight Gauges

[Barry Gibbons]

Sorry there is no such thing as (absolutely no way for somebody to
accidentally pull the tygon tubing off the elbows.) I cover mine to be sure
my four year will never get mad and start pulling on a good sight gauge
handle when I'm at 10000 feet. Yes they are very hard to come off. But I do
not have to worry about it being a handle. Any thing can and will happen.

 

Barry

 

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Scott Derrick
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 8:04 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel Sight Gauges

 

there is absolutely NO way for somebody to accidentally pull the tygon
tubing off the elbows.  Your making a problem out of nothing, and spreading
a false rumor.

When I remove them I usually have to cut the tube and then pull and gyrate
the tube with a lot of force! 

It would also be extremely difficult to cut or puncture the tubing.  Its
just not going to happen accidentally if  you use the correct tubing.

Use the sight gage of your choice, but don't implicate a tried and true
system because of unfounded fears.

Scott

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel Sight Gauges
From: Brett Ferrell  <mailto:reflector at velocityxl.com>
<reflector at velocityxl.com>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list  <mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>
<reflector at tvbf.org>, Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
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Date: 06/08/2011 08:37 PM



As I metioned in my orginal post, "The 12" light strips nestle into the
curve of the Atkinson gauges".... I never liked the look of the elbow style
gauge, and I worried about someone in the back damaging them, as Jim rightly
pointed out, "accidentally pulls the tubing off the fittings and you have to
get to them in a hurry only to find them buried"... with Vance's guages I
don't have that concern.

 

Here's a picture of them getting glassed onto the bulkhead, with purple tape
to mask the bubble and keep it clean.

  <http://www.velocityxl.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=646&d=1277143359> 

 


Vance's gauges - http://pages.sbcglobal.net/ccanedy/vafuelsites.htm!
<http://pages.sbcglobal.net/ccanedy/vafuelsites.html>  l

  <http://pages.sbcglobal.net/ccanedy/vanceatkinsonsiteguages.gif> 

 

Brett

 


 

-------Original Message-------
From: John Dibble 
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list 
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel Sight Gauges
Sent: 08 Jun '11 19:08

Tom,

I don't know, but you're reading my mind.  Brett's look similar to mine and
I was
going to ask if anyone had a more detail pic of the Atkinson.  Mine appear
to be
rounded at the top and bottom.  What material are the Atkinson gauges made
of?

John

Tom Falls wrote:

> John,
>
> This looks to me like the Atkinson gauge. Do you know if it is or not? The
> factory set up would have a brass elbow on top and bottom with clear
tubing
> between.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
> Behalf Of John Dibble
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 3:31 PM
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel Sight Gauges
>
> Here's a pic of mine.  As I said before, it's 12 years old and still clear
> as a bell.  It's embedded into the strake baggage area and it looks like
the
> builder never intended to be replacing it.  It feels like a hard plastic.
> The strip along the left side is an led strip for night viewing.
>
> Tom Falls wrote:
>
> > I guess I missed that. I do plan on using auto fuel, so it's the
> > factory design for me. For those with the factory style sight gauges,
> > could please send pictures of how you did the interior around them to
> > make them more pleasing to the eye? Thanks much,Tom
>
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