Dave_A
Joined: 21 Dec 2007
Posts: 5
Location: Iraq (normally WA, USA)
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:40 am Post subject: Fuel Measurement System Issues |
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I picked up a partially completed project for parts to finish my T-40...
Part of the 'parts' is a set of wings with leading edge fuel tanks...
Here's the 'issue'...
The guy who built them was an 'ad-libber' and did not follow the plans, (or in some cases, common sense) at all...
One thing he left out?
FUEL SENDERS... Of *any* kind... Can't see any in the wings, and there is no wiring for one coming out (just wires for his landing light and wingtip-light setup, and some goofy-ass antenna wire that looks like it was designed to screw into a CB...
This is a LOW WING bird.. The tanks are FIBERGLASS 20gal wet-wing, and there is NO getting to them without ripping up 2 otherwise very good wings...
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So, here's what I'm wondering...
Can I, on a mechanical-fuel-pump-equipped low-wing bird, use a 'head-pressure/manometer-style' fuel gauge system?
For reference, this would either (a) use a mechanical/electronic sensor to sense the pressure the fuel is exerting on the fuel line, or (b) in a more 'traditional/antique' sense, allow fuel up into the cockpit via a 'sight-glass' (and as fuel levels dropped in the tank, exerting less pressure, the visible fuel in the 'glass' would fall)
Any comments? |
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