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Old 01-09-2013, 07:07 PM
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Thanks for the PIREP Paul, I didn't know that was being used on the Rockets..nice that all the plumbing is in the wing/tank.
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Old 01-09-2013, 07:35 PM
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Anyone have a pic of an RV-10 vent?
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Old 01-10-2013, 02:15 AM
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Is the vent option in the picture Ive attached better or worse ? To me it looks easier to implement.




Elegant and simple. If it is working well as Ironflight says then I'll change over to using this installation. The left side on my RV4 is really awkward since the linkage from the quadrant in in the way.

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My brothers RV7a is set up with the coil system also---it has been flying since 2008 and I am not aware of ANY problems with this set up.

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Old 01-10-2013, 11:15 AM
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To avoid a problem If a fuel vent would get blocked (insect?) I interconnected the two vent lines behind the panel (2 T's and a bit of tubing, a very small weight penalty). That would not be possible with this set-up.

Regards, Tonny.
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Old 04-10-2013, 08:46 PM
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Sorry for dragging this thread back up. But has anyone done this in a -9A? I'd love to run coiled vent lines, both to keep it out of the fuse and to keep the tank "modular". But there's barely 1/2" of tank skin between the inner rib flange and the skin's wing root edge. Certainly not enough space for a vent.

The best I've read in other threads is to mount the vent on the lower wing root fairing. Just curious if there's any other place I should consider mounting the vent? My current thought is to have the coils inside the tank, with either a short soft aluminum or braided line run from the fitting at the rib to wherever the vent is.

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