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On Sep 19, 3:28*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

One, as you walk around, stand back every so often and look at the
airframe. You're looking for wrinkles in the skin or anything else
that might look strange.

Definately good one for the checklist. Never thought of this and
while I always step back after doing the entire check list for a last
once over (long video - part 2, you will see me do this at the very
end) I never thought about skin wrinkles.

mounting holes and such, and perhaps more importantly, it will get
any fu
el
that might be hiding in the fuel tank away from the sump out of it's
depression and into the sump.

Not quite sure I understand the above??

Obviously has something to do with the sump jiggies, and mine are
"spring loaded" and pressed in using the outer edge of the fuel sump
diddy rather then a center piece like a Cessna.

Does the style of sump make any difference?


No, nothing to do with the sump drains themselves. The sump area is a
small depession at the bottom of the tank. All water in the tank should
go there by design. However most tanks have small imperfections in them
where water can get into and stick there. You do a nice calm walkaround
and drain your fuel and then when you start taxying, the water becomes
dislodged and gets into a feed port. With some designs, this can add up
to a lot of water...



Bertie