REFLECTOR: fuel feed - my solutions

[John & Mary Wright]

****BUT can't remember what to do with it ????

Chuck Jensen wrote:

> Jim,
>  
> Carrying the baseball analogy to its logical conclusion, don't forget 
> about being off base, out in left field and not even being in the ball 
> park.  But all is forgiven--its that thin air up there on the plateau.
>  
> Chuck
> In Knoxville, in the valley, where we have plenty of oxygen---****
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* reflector-bounces at tvbf.org 
> [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]*On Behalf Of *Jim Sower
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 01, 2005 1:34 AM
> *To:* Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> *Subject:* Re: REFLECTOR: fuel feed - my solutions
>
>
>     Oh Boy!!
>
> Pat, I sure do wish you'd posted that diagram yesterday or so.  Color 
> me RED in the FACE
>
> What I had been told the factory system looked like differed from your 
> diagram in that instead of a "+" fitting with *all three* vents joined 
> to the outside vent.  I had the strakes "T"d to the outside vent and 
> the sump vent stand-alone, connected to *nothing*.  I've spent the 
> better part of a day off and on chasing foul balls and getting real 
> exercised when nobody seemed inclined to follow me.  Talk about apples 
> and oranges!  Sheesh!
>
> Brett, Keith and all,
> Please accept my apologies.  As you have probably noted, when I'm 
> frustrated, I tend to get pretty assertive.  Today, the wheels came 
> off, and for *nothing*.  I am truly sorry for my tone as well as the 
> flawed content of my all-too-numerous posts.  Looking at Pat's 
> diagram, the factory system pretty much answers my concerns.  It *is* 
> a closed system, which is what I was trying to achieve by capping my 
> sump vent. 
>
> The only change I would even *consider* would be a second check valve 
> in the sump vent so it could "burp" but not drain by itself ... and 
> even that was someone else's idea ... Keith? ... I forget.
>
> Anyway, I really stepped on my pork here, and I apologize to all ... 
> Jim S.
>
>
>
> Pat Shea wrote:
>
>>The Factory's recommended fuel vent design utilizing a
>>check valve has both main tank vents and the sump vent
>>tied together via a vent manifold. Diagram attached.
>>
>>Pat
>>
>>
>>
>>6.  All the while, the engine is consuming upwards of
>>15 gph of fuel.  Since the sump is vented and the sump
>>vent is open, it will happily deliver fuel to the
>>engine which will be very easily replaced by air
>>flowing quite freely thank you very much, through the
>>unrestricted sump vent.  As the fuel consumption of
>>the engine surpasses what the mains are able to
>>deliver (having been slowed to a relative trickle by
>>the increasing "vacuum") the fuel level in the sump
>>will begin to drop.
>>
>>
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