TroyMaynor@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/8/00 4:02:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> lloyd.owens@lineone.net writes:
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> >Has any one fitted a means of looking visable throungh a slot in the seat
> back/luggage bay to see fuel tank level on the ground?<
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> Hi Lloyd & All,
> I also cut a slot to view the fuel tank. I made it about 1/2" wide and the
> height of the tank, leaving 2 or 3 segments uncut for stability. It is on the
> forward bulkhead of the baggage bay. I'm not sure how well it is going to
> work. I never thought of putting perspex (lexan/polycarbonate) rod in front
> of it though. And someone suggested I may need a light of sorts behind the
> bulkhead. Too late for that though. If you had put yours on the front of the
> seat back it would not have given the full cross section of the tank.
> Probably best the way you did it.
>
I applied to do this (via a PFA mod) - AD and BM approved the scheme with
additional layups to reinforce the slots, but the PFA rejected it...... I've
ended up with a sight tube down the back of the fuel compartment (for ground
use)
and an Avilec fuel guage and a fuel flow meter for flight.
BTW - the original intension was to have a small (25W) halogen flood in front of
the tank with a push button switch to light the contents - or lack of it...
M
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