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[rebel-builders] Fuel ports into cabin + vents

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Bob Patterson

[rebel-builders] Fuel ports into cabin + vents

Post by Bob Patterson » Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:37 pm

Hi Curtis !

I had great results with one of my Rebels with just 2 1/8" holes
in each filler neck, front & back, up high, under the lip of the cap.

Never had a problem - and I deliberately ran one side completely
dry in flight, even raising the wing to get it all out ! (Had to empty
the tank to change the sight guage tubing - that's why I strongly
recommend adding a small valve at the bottom of the guage -
makes this change sooo much easier !! ;-)

The addition of a cross tube between the top 2 sight guage
outlets is a bit of extra security ... (a good addition) ...
and the addition of an inverted J vent in the wing root fairing
is an extra - that I flew happily without ... JM experiences ...


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On Tuesday 31 January 2012 21:28:35 Curt Langholz wrote:
Wow! Good info on the vents. I will be plugging my filler necks and adding
ram air venting. I was told by a Rebel builder to drill the necks, but you
can't argue with field tested methods. So... Installing one at each wing
root does not create any issues? ( I like the idea of redundancy ) or is
it overkill.. Curtis
From: Walter.Klatt@shaw.ca
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: RE: (SPAM?) Re: [rebel-builders] Fuel ports into cabin
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:00:50 -0800

I've yet to ever find any water in any of my tanks, lines or gascolator.
And I have flown in a few pretty strong rain storms. I have the ram
vents in my fuel caps. So if water does get in there, can't be a lot,
and don't know where it disappears to if I do get any.

Walter

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From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of
Paul Lennemann
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 3:43 PM
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Subject: re: (SPAM?) Re: [rebel-builders] Fuel ports into cabin

Does water enter the fuel tanks when flying in the rain?

Paul Lennemann

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craig

[rebel-builders] Fuel ports into cabin + vents

Post by craig » Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:37 pm

This will probably get covered but when I first flew my plane, I had put the
1/8" hole in one filler neck. ( first I read "use the hole" on this site and
then I read "don't use the hole" so that's why I only drilled on one neck)
With the ram air tube on the cap I believe the "ram" air was going out the
little hole because the tank was feeding much slower than the other side
which had no hole in the neck. I ultimately filled the hole and now it's
all good. CW

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From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of Bob
Patterson
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:24 PM
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] Fuel ports into cabin + vents


Hi Curtis !

I had great results with one of my Rebels with just 2 1/8" holes
in each filler neck, front & back, up high, under the lip of the cap.

Never had a problem - and I deliberately ran one side completely
dry in flight, even raising the wing to get it all out ! (Had to empty
the tank to change the sight guage tubing - that's why I strongly
recommend adding a small valve at the bottom of the guage -
makes this change sooo much easier !! ;-)

The addition of a cross tube between the top 2 sight guage
outlets is a bit of extra security ... (a good addition) ...
and the addition of an inverted J vent in the wing root fairing
is an extra - that I flew happily without ... JM experiences ...


......bobp
bobp@prosumers.ca
bobp@pattersys.com
http://www.Pattersys.com
http://www.amway.ca/BobPatterson

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On Tuesday 31 January 2012 21:28:35 Curt Langholz wrote:
Wow! Good info on the vents. I will be plugging my filler necks and adding
ram air venting. I was told by a Rebel builder to drill the necks, but you
can't argue with field tested methods. So... Installing one at each wing
root does not create any issues? ( I like the idea of redundancy ) or is
it overkill.. Curtis
From: Walter.Klatt@shaw.ca
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: RE: (SPAM?) Re: [rebel-builders] Fuel ports into cabin
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:00:50 -0800

I've yet to ever find any water in any of my tanks, lines or gascolator.
And I have flown in a few pretty strong rain storms. I have the ram
vents in my fuel caps. So if water does get in there, can't be a lot,
and don't know where it disappears to if I do get any.

Walter

-----Original Message-----
From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of
Paul Lennemann
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 3:43 PM
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: re: (SPAM?) Re: [rebel-builders] Fuel ports into cabin

Does water enter the fuel tanks when flying in the rain?

Paul Lennemann

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