Hi The cushion you have under your ass is the defense of your spine! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross Youngblood" <ross...@operamail.com> To: "Graham & Ruth Strout" <str...@riverland.net.au>; "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>; <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 9:21 PM Subject: Re: KR> Cockpit modifications
> Graham, > In the USA the FAA requires some type of fuel indicator for each fuel > tank, > you would have to install either a sight gauge, or a fuel sending unit on > each > tank. I assumed the Austrailian regulations were tougher than USA, but > you > may wish to check that plan. > > > On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 07:52:24 +0930, Graham & Ruth Strout > <str...@riverland.net.au> wrote: > > > I'm modifying my seats by lowering the pilots, and the exiting passenger > > seat will be done away with (no one wants to fly with me any how) and > > which will be replaced with a deck from the front spar to the aft spar. > > I'll end with a single seater with room on the passenger side for junk. > > It will all be done in aluminium > > The avaliable space for my hips between the left hand wall and the > > elevator rod is 16". Its a 'comfortable' fit. Does this sound about > > right? Has any one moved the centre mounted joystick and elevator rod > > towards the passenger side and once through the aft spar, centralized > > the movement? If not could it be done? > > Under the exiting pilots seat (a plywood deck) is a 3 way fuel cock ie > > left wing / right wing /off and a small electric lift pump which > > transfers fuel from the wing tanks to the top of the header tank. Both > > these will have to be relocated to the space under the passenger side. I > > what to use this opportunnity to consider other options. How do other > > pilots manage this fuel transfer? Do I need the fuel cock? Could it be > > replaced with a connecting T peice, hence drawing fuel evenly from both > > sides.There are no fuel gauges in the wing tanks. Accurate fuel burn > > records and fuel transfer rates would have to be kept enroute to > > establish what would be left in the wing tanks. Is this what everyone > > else does or is there a better way and equipment to manage this fuel > > transfer? > > Thanks Graham > > _______________________________________ > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > -- > Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]
