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 Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:29 am Post subject: Engine out..deadstick landing required..question on header t |
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Had someone have me take a look at his KF3. He recently had a dead stick landing. Only damage was a broken prop but now he only flies high and over his home field as he does not trust the plane.
He is putting this down to bad fuel, as it happened right after he switched tanks. Problem is with a new prop the airplane started and ran fine on the ground after the incident.
I was looking at the fuel system, and I noted that the header tank is mounted on the tube structure near the back of the seat. It is a plastic tank, and looks to me like the bottom is almost at the floor level. In my KFIV I do not run a 582..I have a 912s, but the header tank is mounted high up behind the baggage area.
Is a header tank not supposed to provide a head of fuel to the engine? How could it do that if it was mounted below the level of the carbs?
Wanted to ask those out there more in the know on the two stroke setups.
Gary Walsh
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:04 am Post subject: Re: Engine out..deadstick landing required..question on head |
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Kitfox Service Bulletin #29 says to get rid of the fuel selectors, because they can contribute to fuel starvation: http://www.kitfoxaircraft.com/support/service_bulletins/sb29.htm
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rliebmann(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 4:39 pm Post subject: Engine out..deadstick landing required..question on header t |
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When the engine quit, did it sputter at all or did it quit very suddenly like, "instantly"? When I had my deadstick, mine quit instantly without warning but after gliding to a safe landing it restarted great and appeared ok. Mine was a cold seizure.
Ron
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Subject: Engine out..deadstick landing required..question on header tank location
Had someone have me take a look at his KF3. He recently had a dead stick landing. Only damage was a broken prop but now he only flies high and over his home field as he does not trust the plane.
He is putting this down to bad fuel, as it happened right after he switched tanks. Problem is with a new prop the airplane started and ran fine on the ground after the incident.
I was looking at the fuel system, and I noted that the header tank is mounted on the tube structure near the back of the seat. It is a plastic tank, and looks to me like the bottom is almost at the floor level. In my KFIV I do not run a 582..I have a 912s, but the header tank is mounted high up behind the baggage area.
Is a header tank not supposed to provide a head of fuel to the engine? How could it do that if it was mounted below the level of the carbs?
Wanted to ask those out there more in the know on the two stroke setups.
Gary Walsh
KF IV Anphib 912S
C-GOOT
www.decisionlabs.com/kitfox
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