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sdthatcher
Joined: 13 Mar 2008
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Location: Port Saint Lucie
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 Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject: Scott Laughlin's Fuel Covers |
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Hi Scott. I just watched your video that came with the Zenair Newsletter and really enjoyed it. In addition to watching how the AOA worked during Take-off and in flight, the scan of your instruments prove that I may still have the wrong pitch for cruise flight (you were at 3000 and I usually am at 2800). The really neat fuel covers were great. I'm not in a position to actually install them since my fuel caps are flush with the wing however there did not appear to be any fasteners used to attach the slider to the wing. So how did you do that?
By the way, my wife and I were near Minneapolis a few years ago and asked someone at a gas station where Lake Wobegon was. The attendent just started laughing and eventually told us... so when listening, never try to fly from Nebraska to lake Wobegon  .
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purplemoon99(at)bellsouth
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: Scott Laughlin's Fuel Covers |
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purplemoon99(at)bellsouth
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject: Scott Laughlin's Fuel Covers |
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Scott, if you want to make flush fuel couvers all you do is cut some alum
sheet and slip it in between the cap and wing skin it make's for a flush
look and it also help's to keep rain out of the tank and wing. Ill send pict
of mine. Had to do it last year when I was tied down out side It work's
great and look's good . Joe N101HD
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craig(at)craigandjean.com
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject: Scott Laughlin's Fuel Covers |
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There is a slide show showing more details on Scott's web site:
http://www.cooknwithgas.com/FD/FD.htm
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Carlos Sa
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:25 am Post subject: Re: Scott Laughlin's Fuel Covers |
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I made my fuel cover according to Scott's design.
Fairly easy to make, and they look very nice.
Carlos
CH601-HD, plans
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ashontz
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:49 am Post subject: Re: Scott Laughlin's Fuel Covers |
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I'm n the process of making my tanks right now. I'm going to use a 4.5 inch ploycarb deckplate (boat product) and will back the leading edge skin some .040 under where the deckplate will mount. I did some design work on my tank and figure I can mount the full filler as well as the vent fitting, sending unit and ground all at one location under the deckplate. My fuel sender will be mounted on the filler neck (also a boat product) and will be removable right along with the filler neck. That left me with just two welds not including the seams, the outlet fitting and the drain fitting, both of which are complete and now all I have to do is weld the seams to complete my first tank. I figured if I have to have a gasket in the tank (the original being where the sending unit would have gone on the side of the tank, I'd rather have that gasket on top, not on the side). So basically whereever the fuel will sit will be welds, the only gasket being on the top.
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