"Mack, Don" wrote:
> I still have the original? door in the instrument panel for easy access (as > long as the wheel is back). I shutoff the valve at the end of the day to > eliminate the infamous carb drip. I leave the door open to remind me to turn > it on before startup. > > I have never tried to do access it flight.... > > Don Mack > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steve Dold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, January 18, 1999 10:59 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Overflowing fuel :-( > > > > > > At 11:52 AM 1/18/99 -0500, you wrote: > > >Interesting, > > > > > >I my 415C (SN3304) both fuel valves are easily reachable > > (although when I > > >have a passenger I have to warn themI am not trying for a > > cheap feel when I > > >check the wing tank shutoff <G>) > > > > > >The header tank is under the panel just to the left of the > > yoke (but I > > >better have a landing spot picked out if I shut it off) and > > the wing shutoff > > >is along the right side about 4 inches up from the floor > > just in front of > > >the seat. > > > > That's where they are in the M-10, too. I think the panel must be > > different, or something, that makes it harder to reach up under there. Don, the door you are talking about was the glove-box door. There was one on each side of the panel. Most coupes have had them removed to increase panel space for more instruments, but some coupes still have them. I restored my coupe right back to 1946 and put the doors and the actual glove boxes back in. In order to open the doors in flight you would have to pull the yoke back far enough to stall the airplane. If you were to do it at cruise speed you'd probably gain a couple hundred feet in the process before you stalled. Syd Cohen NC94196
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