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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
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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
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| | | | | tank shoul
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| | | | | 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,
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| | | 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,
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| | | | | 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
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| Spnack!
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| Bertie