Don I ran the ram tube from the tank to the bottom rear of the plane. It acts as a ram in flight but it also acts as the over flow on a hot day while sitting on the ground. When I was at the VAEAA in 02 I flew non stop from Reading, Pa to the airshow w 3 gal remaining and there was never a hint of a fuel starvation issue.
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 17:17:18 -0500 Donald Reid <donr...@erols.com> writes: > At 09:51 PM 3/1/2004 +0200, you wrote: > >Hi guys > >Can someone tell me if the area approx six inches ahead of the > canopy on > >centre line experiences a higher than or a lower than atmospheric > >pressure.I.e is it ok to put a flush mounted vented fuel cap in > that > >position? > > It will will depend on angle of attack, but in general, that area > will be > at a slightly lower pressure. If it is a vented cap, it would be a > good > idea to add a tube with the opening pointing into the oncoming air > to gain > a small amount of ram pressure. > > > > Don Reid - donreid "at" erols.com > Bumpass, Va > > Visit my web sites at: > > AeroFoil, a 2-D Airfoil Design And Analysis Computer Program: > http://www.eaa231.org/AeroFoil/index.htm > > KR2XL construction: http://users.erols.com/donreid/kr_page.htm > Aviation Surplus: http://users.erols.com/donreid/Airparts.htm > EAA Chapter 231: http://eaa231.org > Ultralights: http://usua250.org > VA EAA State Fly-in: > http://vaeaa.org_______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
