REFLECTOR:Low fuel light

[John Dibble]

Wayne, Scott,

Methinks thou doest protest too much.
I for one, do not consider a low fuel light being on for several hours of flight to be a
mute point and I much appreciate the discussion and comments from others here. That's
great that you trust the fuel schematic with your lives, but that's not a good enough
reason for me to trust it.  I would be more comfortable with a technical explanation as
to why you think it's a good schematic and what is causing the fuel light to come on.

John

wlanza@bellsouth.net wrote:

> You tell 'em Scott, this stuff cracks me up! A whole lot of noise about
> and obvious and basically mute point. We have been flying with the same
> warning for the past 10-15 years. What the hell do we need, some one to
> knock us in the head and remind us to do our pilot stuff and manage the
> airplane?? What do you find in a certified that relates to this subject,
> NOTHING!!!! There seems to be a preconception about the factory in that
> they are the bad guys that don't care about the customer after the sale.
> Oh really, that's total BS. The systems work fine, if you are incapable
> of managing the factory designed system then come up with a better idea
> and share it with all of us - after you have proven that it is a better
> solution, that is...
>
> Wayne Lanza
> Composite Design, Inc.
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> >
> > From: "Scott Baker" <sbakr@comcast.net>
> > Date: 2003/07/26 Sat PM 07:45:18 EDT
> > To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
> > Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Low fuel light
> >
> > Huh?  Are you suggesting that Velocity is afraid to design a safe fuel
> > schematic??!
> > We fly with this same fuel schematic every day - trusting it with our lives
> > and the lives of people who are going on demonstration rides and the lives
> > of Velocity owners going through flight transition training.  How can you
> > say such a thing??  Dang Steve!  Think about what you just said.
> > SB
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "steve korney" <s_korney@hotmail.com>
> > To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 4:53 PM
> > Subject: RE: REFLECTOR:Low fuel light
> >
> >
> > > Your right on Chuck...
> > >
> > > Why doesn't the factory re-design it to be a positive flow system and be
> > > done with it...
> > > Maybe there afraid the re-design may indicate that a problem existed in
> > the
> > > first place...
> > > Pilot error is un-controllable...But, fuel starvation due to poor design
> > can
> > > be fixed and should be...
> > >
> > >
> > > Best... Steve
> > >