On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:24:38 -0600, "Maxwell" #$$9#@%%%.^^^ wrote:


"Bob Kuykendall" wrote in message
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On Nov 25, 2:53 pm, "Maxwell" #$$9#@%%%.^^^ wrote:

Do any of the experimental aircraft designs use just a simple hose with a
weight that follows the fuel...

Yes. It's called a "flop tube."

Thanks, Bob K.

Duh? I misread your post.

Although you described it as a hose, when you called it a flop "tube", I
pictured a mechanical tube or arm.




In aircraft use, generally it IS a tube, not a hose.