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slyck(at)frontiernet.net
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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:46 am Post subject: fuel tank piping

MkIII (c&x) owners:  I was looking at the TNK pdf drawings for

fuel piping.  I have a similar setup, with the plastic tanks,

dip tubes, etc.  Question,  if anyone is using the parallel suction

shown, how evenly are your tanks drawing down?

Also, instead of creating the vent in the handle, I made use of the

female threads already in most chemical tank caps and put in a

small stainless barb fitting.  Stick the vent tube on that with no 

clamp.

When you unscrew the cap the tubing swivels on the fitting

with no problem.  -in addition the cap will stay attached to the tube

and won't fall into an "unreachable zone".

-BB

BTW, I blow through the vent to check if mud daubers (dobbers to you

southerners) have blocked it.

John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:11 am Post subject: fuel tank piping

| BTW, I blow through the vent to check if mud daubers (dobbers to 

you

| southerners) have blocked it.

Wrong, Leroy:



DABBERS................



We invented them.



Do you need any more up there in the land of ice and snow?



john h

hauck's holler, alabama

mkIII (2537.3)

912ULS (1191.4)



PS:  mkIII is ready to go to OSH with the exception of a few gals fuel 

and loading my gear.  Looks like thunderstorms until I get north of 

Kentucky tomorrow.  Normal weather for flight to OSH.

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John Hauck
MKIII/912ULS
hauck's holler
Titus, Alabama

slyck(at)frontiernet.net
Guest

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:01 am Post subject: fuel tank piping

I stand corrected.  Dobbers must be midwestern.

First year I parked the Kolb up in the open front shed they filled

every unused screw hole on the suzuki engine, plus the distributor

vent.  I covered the holes with silicone seal.

Yesterday I squirted the beams overhead to cut down on the

sawdust sprinkling on the wings.

-BB do not archive

BTW, a nice hard freeze sure cuts back on the bug population.

Winters have been too warm recently 

On 21, Jul 2006, at 1:10 PM, John Hauck wrote:



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  | BTW, I blow through the vent to check if mud daubers (dobbers to

 you

 | southerners) have blocked it.

 Wrong, Leroy:



 DABBERS................



 We invented them.



 Do you need any more up there in the land of ice and snow?



 john h

 hauck's holler, alabama

 mkIII (2537.3)

 912ULS (1191.4)



 PS:  mkIII is ready to go to OSH with the exception of a few gals fuel

 and loading my gear.  Looks like thunderstorms until I get north of

 Kentucky tomorrow.  Normal weather for flight to OSH.

APilot(at)webtv.net
Guest

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:22 am Post subject: fuel tank piping

Bob, I am using standard Kolb tanks on my Mk III and use two fuel valves

located where the flap handle pivots.  I have a fuel return valve

selector and a fuel supply valve selector to feed my throttle body fuel

injection system.  This allows me to direct the return fuel to either

tank.  That way, when fuel amount becomes an issue,  I can empty the

port tank by directing it's fuel. via the return line, to the starboard

tank. Now, I can easily see how much fuel I have left and fly the rest

of the flight on the starboard tank.

John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:47 am Post subject: fuel tank piping

Bob B/Gang:



No sweat.



Spring is a dangerous time in my old hanger.  Those big carpenter bees 

can cut a 2X8 rafter in the blink of an eye.  They keep my airplane 

covered with saw dust and bee crap.  The crap is of the consistency of 

epoxy glue.  I spend a lot of time with a squirt gun and bug spray 

knocking them out of the air in mid flight.  They are so dumb they 

come right back to the same place so I can get'em again.  However, 

they usually win the war, and I win a battle every once in a while.



john h

mkIII



DO NOT ARCHIVE

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John Hauck
MKIII/912ULS
hauck's holler
Titus, Alabama

Ed in JXN

Joined: 24 Mar 2006
Posts: 122

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:48 am Post subject: fuel tank piping

Bob,



        I almost hate to ask *what* you squirted on the beams.



Ed in JXN (MI)

MkII/503



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slyck(at)frontiernet.net
Guest

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:10 pm Post subject: fuel tank piping

Since the list is mixed company we shall keep things polite:

-besides, at 65+  my hydraulic pressure isn't what it yooster be.



It was some kind of cheap water soluble poison in a squirt bottle

from dollar general.  Seems to work, at least temporary. No dust

the next day.   The bee crap John refers to is a tough, yellowish

deposit.  I clean it all off with generic windex and those nice soft

blue paper shop towels.  Too lazy to spread tarps on the wings

every time and I pay the penalty.

I did sight down the tail tube recently and no body was living or

depositing in there.

do not archive

On 21, Jul 2006, at 3:47 PM, Ed Chmielewski wrote:



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 <edchmiel(at)mindspring.com>



 Bob,



        I almost hate to ask *what* you squirted on the beams.



 Ed in JXN (MI)

 MkII/503



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Cat36Fly(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject: fuel tank piping

I am using the parallel connection and the tanks even themselves out with  use and/or with atmospheric changes. Fill one tank today and tomorrow you have  two half tanks. I also have a fuel gauge sensing one tank but always go by  flying time. I can push it to 2.5 hrs at 500-5500 RPM but look to put down at 2  hrs. (old habit).

  

 Have not experienced any problems with this arrangement in 45 hrs.

  

 Larry Tasker

 MKlllx/582

Roger Lee

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1464
Location: Tucson, Az.

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: fuel tank piping

Hi All,



I have 780 hrs. on my Kolb Mark III. It has always had the standard parallel fuel tanks with a probe in the pilot side tank. It works very well. Drains equally. I also have a 6 gal. bladder tank for a total of 16 gals. It has its own fuel pump and pumps into the fuel line that comes out of the tanks going to the engine. It fills up the tanks in flight. When I get down to 4 gals. of fuel I flip the switch and in a couple of minutes I have a full tank that I can read the level on my fuel gauge.



Roger Lee

Tucson, Az



p.s.

I might be breaking ranks and buying a Flight Design CTSW.

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Tucson, Az.
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Richard Pike

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 1671
Location: Blountville, Tennessee

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:20 pm Post subject: fuel tank piping

For that much money you could have a Sting Sport. Nicest airplane I ever 

flew.

Richard Pike

MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)

do not archive



Roger Lee wrote:

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 p.s.

 I might be breaking ranks and buying a Flight Design CTSW.



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 Roger Lee

 Tucson, Az.

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Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0

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Bill Vincent

Joined: 30 Jan 2006
Posts: 84

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:22 pm Post subject: fuel tank piping

Hi Gang

Putting tarps on the wings is well worth it to me; because the bats in my 

hangar seem to think that my plane is a bat'room  

Bill Vincent

FS II

Upper Peninsula of Michigan

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Firestar II
Upper Peninsula of Michigan

John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:40 pm Post subject: fuel tank piping

because the bats in my 

| hangar seem to think that my plane is a bat'room  

| Bill Vincent

 



Reckon that makes Bill V "batman".



john h

mkIII



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John Hauck
MKIII/912ULS
hauck's holler
Titus, Alabama

pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
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Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 6:51 am Post subject: fuel tank piping

I also have a 6 gal. bladder tank for a total of 16 gals. It has its own 

fuel pump and pumps into the fuel line that comes out of the tanks going to 

the engine.



Hi,



cna you post more details please.Where is the bladder tank?



Cheers



Pat 



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