UPDATE: Here is a link to these installed in the interior section. I’d previously bought green “Street GLow” LED light strips for my fuel gauge lighting, hooked to a Superior Panel dimmer, but now all of the rest of the interior lighting is in either blue or aviation white/blue so I’m changing these out as well. I’ve […]
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Here I’ve run new hoses to the shut-off valves, and from the new long-range T connectors to the quick-disconnect fittings (dripless). I’m really happy with how this turned out, and it should give us total flexibility on baggage versus fuel capacity, and when the long range tanks are in, they should fill and drain just […]
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So, we’ve had this low level switch function in our sump tank for awhile. And it’s always sucked. We started out with the factory’s standard float switch wired to a lamp in the panel, but it would nuisance alarm at altitude and at high power/high angle of attack. I bought a VP03E to alleviate these problems, since […]
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Here I’ve run new tubing at the same elevation as the existing strake vents and drains (top and bottom of the center spar) for the new connections to the long-range quick disconnect fittings. Because of this, the long range tanks should fill and drain just like they were built as an integral part of the […]
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I got the new sump fuel level (optical) sensor installed today. It’s a VP03E, by Carlo Gavazzi, just follow the link for purchasing information. to alleviate these problems I also changed out all of the lines that connect to my sump for hoses to facilitate getting it in and out easier. I also finished sanding back […]
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Since we got a slightly smaller total fuel capacity than we expected in the strakes, we’ve elected to prepare supplemental fuel tanks. The strakes built with a baggage area are advertised as holding 35 gallons a side. However, we have found that ours hold just over 30. This could be due to slight differences in […]
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