Muffler tank pressure

[faipatrn]

That's exactly what many guys do...just make an 'S" with the vent line, and
overflow won't...

BP
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin X. Moleski, SJ" <moleski at canisius.edu>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 7:44 AM
Subject: RE: Muffler tank pressure


> --On Wednesday, September 18, 2002 1:28 PM +0100 nik.middleton at idl-bt.com
wrote:
>
> > That was exactly my concern,  if I spend most of the time inverted, how
> > do I stop the fuel leaking.  Sounds like there's not much I can do.
>
> I'm running a vented tank with an OS 1.20 SC.  It's the
> first vented setup I've had, and I've made some mistakes
> with it.
>
> My solution to the inverted problem was to run the
> vent line from the top of the tank (when looking at
> it upright) to the bottom of the fuselage.
>
> When the plane is upside down, the vent line is then
> too high to drain the tank.
>
> I suppose in knife-edge, if there was little draw
> on the tank, some gas might get into the vent line.
> But as a pattern worm, I don't spend a lot of time
> at low throttle in knife-edge.
>
> I hope the same plumbing will work with the MVVS
> I've got.
>
> Marty #2874
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