Red Cube Installation a la Tom Swearengen

[Bubblehead]

I am all for following good practice, but mine is between the boost pump and mechanical pump, mounted horizontally. I think a lot of people have them there. I tracked fuel for a while and tweaked the conversion factor. On the way to Oshkosh this year I filled both tanks to the bottom of the fillers, flew 4+ hours and used 32.2 gallons per Dynon and 32.0 per the pump when I filled it up to the same place. .2/32 = .625% difference. Plenty accurate for my purposes.

Yes, I was high and LOP to get the average fuel burn down to that rate. I was trying to get to an airport near Chicago to meet my son but Saturday's storms over Missouri made me detour and come up a little short.

[TS Flightlines]

See---there are lot of installs that at not necessarily to the installation instructions, but work just fine. Even upstream of the last fuel pump, but if if works----
Tom

[Infidel]

Originally Posted by TS Flightlines

See---there are lot of installs that at not necessarily to the installation instructions, but work just fine. Even upstream of the last fuel pump, but if if works----
Tom

Which leads me back to my original post. If the cube can be mounted anywhere than under the cowl, chances are, it'll perform longer.

[Brantel]

Originally Posted by Pat Hatch

Tom sent us a short hose to try out instead of the adapter. I like it. This is a much better solution. Here are some photos:

That original part looked like a work of art but this makes me warm and fuzzy.

[TS Flightlines]

Brian----warm and fuzzy is good. Keeping it simple AND warm and fuzzy AND cost effective is priceless.
Tom

[Dundee Downunder]

Just a quick observation, but Lycoming SB 342G Diagram 4, recommends
approximately 8 inchs between stainless steel fuel line supports.
This arrangement has moved the supports for cylinder 1 and 3 closer to the spider leaving a fair distance of unsupported fuel line to the injectors.
Also noted that cylinder 2 and 4 fuel lines are missing their supports at the crankcase join (should be 2 supports for each line on that side of the engine).
Cheers
VH-M(y)RV

[Pat Hatch]

Wow, not only is this a great observation, but it comes all the way from Australia! Thank you.

[Brantel]

Originally Posted by TS Flightlines

Brian----warm and fuzzy is good. Keeping it simple AND warm and fuzzy AND cost effective is priceless.
Tom

Amen........!

[TS Flightlines]

More $$ to spend on Avionics

[BigD]

Here's my mounting location, also thanks to Tom...



Firesleeve for cube on order...

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