REFLECTOR: fuel cap

[Scott Derrick]

My aluminum vent lines are attached to engine ground, so I attach the 
ground clamp to the exhaust pipe.

Scott

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: fuel cap
From: Lou Stedman <stedmanlou at roadrunner.com>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Date: 01/30/2012 12:00 PM

> 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 :)
> Sent from IPhone 4
>
> 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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