Hi! Paddy.
I run with no vents out the top of the fuselage. However I vent into a
sealed anti siphon bottle in the port ceiling which returns any
overspill back to the main tank filler. The vent then continues from the
higher end of this bottle over the top to an exit vent in the port floor
just by the flap drive lever.
You need to have an anti-siphon arrangement to ensure the system isn't
dumping fuel as you fly.
Regards
Bob H G-PTAG
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[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Paddy
Clarke
Subject: Europa-List: Fuel Vents
<paddyclarke@lineone.net>
Hi All,
Happy New Year!
I know a number of people have taken the fuel vent tube
---From the
tank, up to a tee into the top of the filler neck, and then to a vent
low down on the fuselage side.
This seems to me to be a good plan, and I was thinking
of following
suit. However, when I was cleaning the mud off the fus underside, it
occurred to me there might be a problem with mud and/or water being
thrown up into the vent, causing it all to go quiet.
Any comments?
It also seems to be a good idea to increase the dia. of
the vent tube
in the top of the tank to 3/8" and keep that dia. up to the tee in the
filler neck, to make refueling a bit quicker. Can anyone see any
problems with this?
Many thanks,
Paddy Clarke
Europa XS - 404 G-KIMM
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