Flyguytki
Well Known Member
It is very common for me to spend an entire day doing research on a single aspect of the build. Yesterday was Propellers and which would be the best match for an IO-375 and today was on Fuel Pumps. With the new pump introduced by Flyefii.com I went into the mechanics of how they work and what the benefit is over the stock vans set up. During that research I read many posts on people installing andair fuel pumps and running into issues with hard fuel lines running from the tanks to the fuel selectors, or from the fuel selector to the firewall. In the A models the Gear mounts cause huge problems, in the 10, it is a long run from the selector to the firewall where there is not an easy way to secure it to something so it does not flex. After seeing these issues I thought why not use Stainless braided lines that are flexible. Did a little search and came up with a good number of threads on exactly this. Many talk about how they used SS braided lines with standard screw on fittings from a source such as JEGS and have had no issues, Then I came across this thread that had some very good information on ensuring you are using teflon hoses that are conductive so that if any static builds up within the line the conductive coating would immediately ground it making it a non issue, Somewhere along that thread someone asked if this only applies to FWF and there was no response to it. Then the topic of using a hose that has a nylon braid as opposed to a metal braid and again the topic was never answered. After all this what I am trying to get at is to get those 2 questions answered.
1. Does the Conductive Teflon hose only apply to FWF or could you use standard SS Braid inside the Cockpit to run from the Tanks to Selector and then from the Selector to Fuel pump and Firewall.
2. Inside the cockpit could you use the nylon braided hose(such as this) that would not build the static like the SS would.
Sorry for the long thread to get to these two points but I figured I should show I did my research before hand.
Thanks alot
-david
1. Does the Conductive Teflon hose only apply to FWF or could you use standard SS Braid inside the Cockpit to run from the Tanks to Selector and then from the Selector to Fuel pump and Firewall.
2. Inside the cockpit could you use the nylon braided hose(such as this) that would not build the static like the SS would.
Sorry for the long thread to get to these two points but I figured I should show I did my research before hand.
Thanks alot
-david