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| | | On Sep 19, 6:00 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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| | | On Sep 19, 3:47 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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| | | No, nothing to do with the sump drains themselves. The sump
| | area
| | | is a small depession at the bottom of the tank. All water in
| | the
| | | tank shoul
| | | d
| | | go there by design. However most tanks have small
| imperfections
| | in
| | | the
| | | m
| | | where water can get into and stick there. You do a nice calm
| | | walkaroun
| | | d
| | | and drain your fuel and then when you start taxying, the
| water
| | | becomes dislodged and gets into a feed port. With some
| designs,
| | | this can add u
| | | p
| | | to a lot of water...
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| | | Gotchya, gotchya and gotchya, never thought of what you say,
| and
| | | makes perfect sense.
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| | | Tanks I have are "stainless steel" and not bladders, so I
| | | **think**I have a lesser risk of water settling where it
| | shouldn't
| | | be but like you say, a good shake would be prudent to better
| | assure
| | | the water indeed does settle down to the sumps so it gets
| sumped
| | | out.
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| | | Depends on the type, but tin tanks are no kind of insurance
| | against
| | | it. T
| | | ry
| | | it sometime. Drain some fuel, if there's some water, drain it
| all
| | out
| | | and then shake the airplane. Pretty sure you;ll get some more.
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| | | BTW, you're tanks are more than likely aluminum. I could be
| wrong,
| | | but I'
| | | ve
| | | never seen stainless tanks in any airplane.
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| | | Bertie
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| | |
| | | Big design flaw on the early M20J (Mooney 201) was the fuel
| tanks
| | were
| | | wet wing, and the seam sealant failed. If one smells gas in
| flight
| | it
| | | is NOT good, and we did. Huge pain in the ass to reseal. The
| other
| | | thing about those tanks is the fuel caps were a little tricky to
| | put
| | | back right (this was back in the old days when the fuel truck
| would
| | | come to the airplane) and if they were not put on right rain got
| in
| | | big time. Nothing like draining a tank in a rain storm while
| | wearing a
| | | suit!
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| | | Yeah, I know the caps you're talking about. They were a bitch to
| get
| | on.
| | | I sem to remember a lot of Mooneys having bladders, though.
| Earlier
| | ones
| | | maybe? Maybe wood wing airplanes?
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| | | Bertie
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| | Good fanboi!
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| | Bertie
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| Here's another treat!
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| Thukk.
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| Bertie