I'm thinking I may need to get some better fuel caps than the ones that came with the RV-14 Kit. Does anyone know if they're standard enough that I can buy a set elsewhere? I tried my spare RV-10 caps in them but they are smaller than the RV-14 fuel caps.
The reasons are twofold:
1) a couple times now when I've been fueling, I set the caps on the wing walk area, and the wind has blown them off the plane and back by the tail on the ground. They're just so light, which is sometimes a good thing, but in this case, if it's happened twice already in just over a week, it's going to be a long-term pain.
2) Today when I was doing a few rolls near my house (I live in a barren area), the kid and wife looked up and texted me that I was leaking fuel from both wings. I decided to look sideways on the next roll and sure enough, both fuel caps were just pouring out a fan of fuel while I was upside down. And, I wasn't at all negative when it happened (although the tanks were prob. at least 3/4 full).
Maybe I can change out the seals to larger o-rings or something and fix #2, but considering I'm not already that keen on these plastic fuel caps, if there is a source for good aluminum ones that fit, I'll probably just have some engraved ones made and replace these and keep it as a spare. Being light plastic, it would be a nice spare for a trip to Alaska or something...
The reasons are twofold:
1) a couple times now when I've been fueling, I set the caps on the wing walk area, and the wind has blown them off the plane and back by the tail on the ground. They're just so light, which is sometimes a good thing, but in this case, if it's happened twice already in just over a week, it's going to be a long-term pain.
2) Today when I was doing a few rolls near my house (I live in a barren area), the kid and wife looked up and texted me that I was leaking fuel from both wings. I decided to look sideways on the next roll and sure enough, both fuel caps were just pouring out a fan of fuel while I was upside down. And, I wasn't at all negative when it happened (although the tanks were prob. at least 3/4 full).
Maybe I can change out the seals to larger o-rings or something and fix #2, but considering I'm not already that keen on these plastic fuel caps, if there is a source for good aluminum ones that fit, I'll probably just have some engraved ones made and replace these and keep it as a spare. Being light plastic, it would be a nice spare for a trip to Alaska or something...