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October 20th 08, 07:50 PM
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Fuel System Musings, comments encouraged
On Oct 20, 12:28*pm, Jerry Wass wrote:
Copperhead wrote: On Oct 20, 8:43 am, flybynightkarmarepair wrote: On Oct 19, 5:31 pm, Jerry Wass wrote: wrote: Have you looked at an Ercoupe fuel system? Two wing tanks in common (IIRC), pumping with a mech. pump, continuously to a small (5 gal.?) header tank. Header tank overflows back to a wing tank when it's full. Header tank feeds the engine via gravity flow. When the wing tanks are empty, the header tank float & wire gauge begins to drop. At the moment, you know exactly how much fuel is left. 
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