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SSoule(at)pfclaw.com
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:38 am Post subject: Fuel Tank SB.

Could you post or locate a sketch? For my next RV ... 



Steve Soule 

Vermont N227RV 



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sbuc(at)hiwaay.net
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:52 am Post subject: Fuel Tank SB.

Pat Hatch wrote:

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 Just another point of reference on this issue:  There are minority of folks

 out there who did not go the Van's route on this.  Personally, I didn't like

 the idea of the pick-up tubes...so I riveted a 1/4" thick piece of aluminum

 as a doubler on to the inboard fuel tank rib, in the rear near the tank

 drain and located inside the tank.  Again, this doubler was riveted to the

 lower inboard corner of the fuel tank and was maybe 2" X 3" X 1/4", just

 enough to enable drilling a hole and tapping for the fitting that contains

 the finger screen pick-up (Aircraft Spruce sells it).  

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And this is precisely why the insurance companies can't penalize 

"non-compliers" of a service bulletin! We are dealing with experimental 

aircraft, built by individuals in thousands of diverse shops, not on a 

manufacturer's assembly line.



If somebody wants to take the position than an insurance company won't 

pay a claim on an accident involving a fuel pickup that doesn't comply 

with a service bulletin, then our friend Pat is in big trouble since he 

isn't even using the Vans pickup! And not only Pat, but anyone else who 

has rudder pedals that don't comply with Vans SB, or a flap motor that 

wasn't returned to the factory per the SB, or an RV-4 that doesn't have 

a reinforced seat per the SB.



So what defines a "complying RV"? There is no such thing since every RV 

is a unique aircraft constructed by a unique manufacturer, otherwise 

known affectionately as an "experimental aircraft".  



If a builder/owner wishes to comply with Vans's various SB's, fine. But 

the condemnation a perfectly good aircraft to insurance purgatory 

because of failure to comply to a SB is a move that is yet to be 

demonstrated in actual practice by the insurance industry.



Sam Buchanan

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dan(at)rvproject.com
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:11 pm Post subject: Fuel Tank SB.

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		   and for the life of me I can't figure out why Vans went with the tubes. I


	


Probably because if there's a leak, it won't leak ALL of your fuel!



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rv8ch

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:27 pm Post subject: Fuel Tank SB.

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		   ... for the life of me I can't figure out why Vans went with the tubes. ...


	


It seems he did use this method on the RV-10.



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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:02 am Post subject: Fuel Tank SB.

Its also on pg 80 of the 24 yrs edition, alongwith othere tank info. Charlie H

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