The STOCK fuel system is very elegant. Only changes are idiotic. <g> The day gravity quits my header tank, I'm done in too!
Bob - an electric fuel WHAT? - Urban ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Steve Dold wrote: > > > > It's a nice airplane, but if anything ever does me in, it's going > > to be this idiotic fuel system. > > > > --Steve > > > > Now, wait a minute, Steve. Fred designed the fuel system to make it as > idiot-proof as possible. No switching tanks, nothing complicated. > > I can easily reach both fuel valves in flight. In fact, my Coupe, ser. > no. 1519 has the nose-to-carb valve handle right on the instrument panel, > near the tachometer. A long rod connects the handle to the valve. All > the older coupes had it there. The newer ones eliminated the rod, so the > handle is on the valve, under the panel, in a harder to reach spot. > > Syd Cohen > NC94196
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