RVG8tor
Well Known Member
I am trying not to blow myself up so wondered what you guys think of this. I want to fill my thanks with 10 gal of fuel then immediately drain it out the fuel drain back into the cans. My wings are QB and I have inspected them with a snake camera and found no debris but I want to do this flush to get the big stuff (if there is any) before I start to pump through the system.
I have a barbed fitting that will go where the drain plug is located, attached will be a short section of tube. This will drain into a Mr Funnel which has a wide mouth. In order to keep everything at a common potential I made ground cable to ground the plane to the metal rail on the hanger door (this will be done outside of course). I have another ground to go from the plane to a rod which wraps around the funnel edge into the fuel can (plastic can) this way the ground rod is in the funnel as well as the can. Pictures follow. So have I made a safe as possible way of draining my fuel tank?
I went to all the trouble to make this set up because I figure there may be a reason to drain the tank in the future and I would like to use Mogas in one tank.
Thank you for your inputs.
In this shot you can see the setup, the rod goes from the bottom of the can up around the funnel and down into the bowl of the funnel. I used the eye built into the funnel to hold things. The ground clips are the ones that go from the rod to the plane, another goes to the hanger rail.
This is a shot of the barb fitting and hose. The only place I should have fumes is in the bowl of the funnel and it is a wide area.
I have a barbed fitting that will go where the drain plug is located, attached will be a short section of tube. This will drain into a Mr Funnel which has a wide mouth. In order to keep everything at a common potential I made ground cable to ground the plane to the metal rail on the hanger door (this will be done outside of course). I have another ground to go from the plane to a rod which wraps around the funnel edge into the fuel can (plastic can) this way the ground rod is in the funnel as well as the can. Pictures follow. So have I made a safe as possible way of draining my fuel tank?
I went to all the trouble to make this set up because I figure there may be a reason to drain the tank in the future and I would like to use Mogas in one tank.
Thank you for your inputs.
In this shot you can see the setup, the rod goes from the bottom of the can up around the funnel and down into the bowl of the funnel. I used the eye built into the funnel to hold things. The ground clips are the ones that go from the rod to the plane, another goes to the hanger rail.
This is a shot of the barb fitting and hose. The only place I should have fumes is in the bowl of the funnel and it is a wide area.