OneTwoSierra
Well Known Member
Lost pitot? (Fuel Pick Up SB related)
Has anyone ever had to tighten their Van's pitot fitting? It just occurred to me that this is a fitting (excuse the pun) comparison to the fuel tank pickup problem on which the recent SB was based. Its an angled tube that gets lots of vibration (probably more due to the lack of dampening that the fuel tube probably gets from fuel) and torque applied by the relative wind when yawing.
I've never had to tighten this tube in my 80 hours of flying. I'm wondering what others have experienced. If there are a lot of folks out there who have to routinely tighten this fitting, then maybe that's further evidence to support the SB. If not, then its supporting evidence that the fuel tube fitting issue was caused by poor QB assembly.
Has anyone ever had to tighten their Van's pitot fitting? It just occurred to me that this is a fitting (excuse the pun) comparison to the fuel tank pickup problem on which the recent SB was based. Its an angled tube that gets lots of vibration (probably more due to the lack of dampening that the fuel tube probably gets from fuel) and torque applied by the relative wind when yawing.
I've never had to tighten this tube in my 80 hours of flying. I'm wondering what others have experienced. If there are a lot of folks out there who have to routinely tighten this fitting, then maybe that's further evidence to support the SB. If not, then its supporting evidence that the fuel tube fitting issue was caused by poor QB assembly.
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