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They are not missing
they are in the box. I put the fuel valve in the aircraft during the design and test fit of the lines Tom made for me. Everything is out of the aircraft and the fuel valve is back in the box with the screws.
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RHill Oh Yea, Tom the lines look great,I want a set for my 7a! |
Actually Scott and Darin let the cat out the bag. YES---I'm going to do these as as a option kit to my standard hoses with 90*'s at the valve.
Understand---these arent easy to make, BUT---a certain partner of mine in Wisconsin acquired a NC mandrel bender, and yes I plan on putting him to work! I have the patterns for these, as well as some other things, like the Andair tube that looks like an inverted question mark for connecting the selector valve to the Andair filter. Tom |
Filter or Gascolator
That was another question I have where do you put the filter or gascollator on this system? Walt suggests 70 micron before the pump, I'm thinking of a system with two collators in the wing root. Do these line kits extend to the tanks?How about custom hoses for the firewall side? Firewall to pump,pump to carb?
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Yes the lines exit to the tanks. I'm working on wing root filter/hose packages for those that want filters at the wings.
Yes I have hose packages for the FWF stuff----but alot of it will be to your dimensions---because everyone doesnt put the same accessories in the same locations!! Tom |
Just curious what the green sticker on the spar says. Didn't have one on my spar, but the kit is from 2003.
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I'm missing something here. What is the advantage of having the lines in the photos transition from solid tubing to the braided hose? Why not just stick with the flexible hose and an end fitting? Also I don't understand what's going on at the transition point from one to the other, near the brackets. There dont appear to be any fittings there.
When I did my -7A years ago I quickly grew frustrated trying to bend the tubing correctly and switched to the flex hose with fittings for everything, from end to end. Cost some $, but easy enough to fabricate each piece. Thanks Erich |
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The second reason was for stress relief. Flexible hose alone puts some stress on the valve fitting points initially as you flex the hose around to fit. I suppose that stress eventually lessens (not an engineer) but the first time I tried to put the flexible hose Tom made me (yes he made me two sets!) The amount of force I needed to get the hose around was significant. |
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