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I just bought a Van's fuel tank test kit for a friend. It's pretty lean; some builder stuff required. Larry, you ought to offer your kit on the market - it's a very, very good kit. Seriously.
I have the deluxe locking tank caps. Mine leaked through the center stem. I friend sent me some Fuel Lube, this stuff. It did the job. I recommend the 5 oz. tube. It'll be enough for several lifetimes. Dave |
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Regarding flop tubes, consider the following. If fitting the float senders they must be moved to the next bay outboard and installed through the rear baffle. In this position they will read neither completely full, nor completely empty, not such a big deal. HOWEVER, if you ever need to access the senders for maintenance, even just to fix a bad connection, the tank will have to be removed from the wing! A major Pita. Capacitive senders would solve this but vans must have discontinued the kit for a reason. This is just a guess, but it could be to do with maintenance down the line. A bad connection inside the tank would be really hard to fix. Are you looking for a heated pitot or do you just want AoA? If the latter then there are other ways to accomplish this than the expensive pitots from Dynon or Garmin. Most any tube or hole pointing down at an angle of ( I think) 30 degrees from horizontal will do the trick. See the following thread http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...ad.php?t=34040 |
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+1 on the angle - get more than you think you will need in all thicknesses.
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Added the extra W-730 aileron jig to the list.
I am planning on using a heated Pitot/AOA but have not decided on which pitot mount yet. Either Gretz or the one Dynon sells. I've still got a few days before I get the order in, since the price increases are not done yearly anymore. I may want until after the holidays to order the kit. |
Price increases generally seem to happen sometime in the middle or late in the first quarter.
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Mark those extra angle pcs
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Newb here reading with great interest- I'm almost ready for the wing order too-
Question- why the extra longeron a with the wing? Aren't these fuse parts and extras can be ordered then? Also, are there any parts on the wing with a high probability of a re-do? It would have been nice having my second set of front spars in the emp kit- and the extra trim tab :D |
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The cost to built another box that long would increase crating cost a lot therefore it is more economical to just include the LONGEST part of the airplane project with the wing kit that also has the 2nd longest part. |
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Most builders have fewer problems with the wings so no need for re-do parts. The suggestions i this thread are a good reference. |
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