REFLECTOR: fuel cap

[Douglas Holub]

When I installed my strakes I ran a wire from the fuel ring through the 
strake foam to the tie down bracket on the spar. So I ground to the tie down 
bracket.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Stedman" <stedmanlou at roadrunner.com>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: fuel cap


>I have mine chained with a stainless steel which goes down into the tank. 
>Whenever I gas up I always hook the ground cable to the stainless cable 
>which is in my tank. I am assuming that will provide a good ground. How do 
>you get a ground?
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mark Magee
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 12:53 PM
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: fuel cap
>
> There was big discussion years ago in the EZ community concerning caps on 
> chains. One side said chain them on to save them (from loss and props 
> strike). Others said let the the cap depart to avoid the cap violently 
> beating the fuel tank in flight in the airstream. Bottom line was that the 
> caps a lot of the EZ's used back then were (per plans) cheapos and not 
> aviation locking grade spec'd out on Velos. I'm very comfortable with my 
> Velo caps unchained and would not consider chaining them.
>
> Mark B. Magee
> N34XL XLFG 300HP 80HRS
> Unchained Caps :)
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>
> On Jan 30, 2012, at 10:52 AM, John Dibble <aminetech at bluefrog.com> wrote:
>
>> That's what I thought.
>>
>> Scott Derrick wrote:
>>
>>> They don't get loose John. They get left sitting unlatched in their
>>> respective hole or left sitting on the wing next to their hole.
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: fuel cap
>>> From: John Dibble <aminetech at bluefrog.com>
>>> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
>>> Date: 01/29/2012 04:14 PM
>>>
>>>> What I want to know is how, besides forgetting to replace it, does a 
>>>> Velocity fuel cap
>>>> get loose?
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> David Ullman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There has been some discussion in the Squadron III news letter about 
>>>>> lost
>>>>> fuel caps.  Seems that there are two issue: 1) cap going through the 
>>>>> prop,
>>>>> and 2) siphoning fuel from both tanks.  The first is easily solved 
>>>>> with a
>>>>> tether system which I will add.  The second is what our rather complex
>>>>> venting system is intended to overcome, I believe.  In thinking this
>>>>> through, if a cap comes off, there now low pressure in one tank which 
>>>>> could
>>>>> allow fuel to be siphoned out and draw fuel from the other tank. 
>>>>> However,
>>>>> the venting system allows air, rather than heavier fuel, to be drawn 
>>>>> into
>>>>> the capless tank minimizing the loss of fuel.  In theory this seems 
>>>>> right.
>>>>> Can someone who has experienced a cap loss confirm this is what 
>>>>> happens?
>>>>>
>>>>> Now have 6 flights on N444DX all with my test pilot Robin Reid at the
>>>>> controls (co-pilot on the Pipistrel G4). Aileron problems seem to be
>>>>> resolved.  It has rained here solidly for the last 2 weeks (10+ 
>>>>> inches, the
>>>>> drought is over!! - a NW joke) so no more progress on that front.
>>>>>
>>>>> David Ullman
>>>>> N-444DX Velocity
>>>>> EAA 292 President
>>>>> david at davidullman.com
>>>>> 541-754-3609
>>>>>
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