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Re: Europa-List: Re: SV: fuel flow and return line status

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: SV: fuel flow and return line status
From: houlihan <houlihan@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:51:17
Hi Svein.

Looking at your graph you seem to have documentary evidence of high quality
aviating  including a decent landing ! ! that's very good, I wish I could
do decent landings :<)

Tim


On 24 February 2013 17:34, Sidsel & Svein Johnsen <
sidsel.svein@oslo.online.no> wrote:

> From the two replies to my first message, and reading once again Bud
> Yerly's detailed explanation last fall on how he set up a one-sender unit,
> I now understand how one sender can be made to work accurately enough to
> show fuel consumed/remaining.  As I indicated in my second message, the
> reading error at flows outside the normal cruise power evidently are of too
> short duration to give much error in the flow x time = consumption
> calculation.  The attached illustration shows this clearly, I think (it is
> fairly accurate to scale).****
>
> ** **
>
> I therefore regret my earlier statement that  one single transducer will
> serve only one useful purpose: with the engine stopped and the electric
> feed pump running, one can check that the return line is open.  In actual
> fact, this feature is an *additional* feature to keeping good enough
> track of fuel consumed (provided that a K-factor has been found that gives
> true consumption for a typical flight time).****
>
> ** **
>
> With my two-sender system (one in feed and one in return line), I cannot
> check that the return line is open unless I somehow disconnect momentarily
> one of the senders.  I have therefore asked Electronics International in
> which wire I can introduce a push-to-break pushbutton mounted next to the
> display unit.  This return flow check will then become an item in my
> pre-engine-start checklist.****
>
> ** **
>
> I will then also be able to inform the List about *actual* return flows
> at various power settings and tank levels, for those who share my sometimes
> too deep interest in the mysteries of our aircraft!****
>
> ** **
>
> Regards,****
>
> Svein****
>
> LN-SKJ****
>


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