wing tank fuel guage

Hey Dave,

It's a Team Eros. Basically an "experimental" MiniMAx with a Rotax
503. Looks like it should fly this fall / winter on wheels and on
straight floats by next spring / summer. I saw a "T'd" in fuel sight
gauge at Arlington last year. After copying the plumbing to my plane,
my tests can draw the sight gauge empty and start sucking air. When
the plane sits on straight floats, it would be helpful to remove the
wings for cross-country transport so the other pilots in the family can
have a turn. I'm about half convinced to just use a floating cork on a
wire sticking out the filler cap!

Doug



Gotcha.. try having your own dedicated circuit/path for the sight
gauge.. feeds from the bottom of the tank, and exits into the top of the
tank, with no interaction with the fuel outlet to the engine... That
should prevent the aspiration of air into the fuel system to the engine.

Dave