kentuckynet Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 My ctsw leans to one side and i really dont plan on fixing it....the fuel drains into the other tank and if they are full runs out the vent over the leading edge and drips off the underneath side of the wing.....what a mess! The lines leaving each wing tank could easily have a valve that would only let fues travel one way...... Do they make such a beast? Really dont care what Fd thinks....just wanted your thoguhts... kentucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Hi Mac, FD had a fuel selector valve years ago, but got rid of it due to people just forgot to switch in time or had a low fuel issue in one tank, slipped the plane some and sloshed the couple of gallons left in one wing outboard and starved for fuel even though the other tank was full. If you had an ELSA you could put a fuel selector valve in place, but may need to do a little rerouting on fuel lines. I usually never put over 15 gal. in each wing on my plane and only if I am going cross country I may put 16.5 in each wing. 15 gals. will take you a long ways and never have to even mess with a selector valve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentuckynet Posted August 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Roger You dont think they make a check valve like im speaking of? What about this? http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/andaircheckvalve.php http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/acscheckvalve.php mack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Hi Mack, These might work I just don't know. If they take any real flow or pressure to work then they won't work. The flow from one side of our wing to the other is so slow and non pressured that they may not seal. It would take a little testing, of which I would do off the plane with fuel in some buckets or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentuckynet Posted August 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Im sure our lines are some type of mm but are they close to 3/8 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 They are metric and in standard US I think closer to 5/16. Don't quote me on that, I'm at home and not at the field to actually check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 My ctsw leans to one side and i really dont plan on fixing it....the fuel drains into the other tank and if they are full runs out the vent over the leading edge and drips off the underneath side of the wing.....what a mess! The lines leaving each wing tank could easily have a valve that would only let fues travel one way...... Do they make such a beast? Really dont care what Fd thinks....just wanted your thoguhts... kentucky are you talking about in flight or when parked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentuckynet Posted August 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 parked, left main gear is bent from previous hard landing(really really hard)...check it out on the ntsb site....377ct All good now except that, getting its first annual this weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandpiper Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 You say you don't plan on fixing the bent gear and that you have an annual coming up. Will your mechanic sign it off that way? I probably wouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S3flyer Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 I guess most things are relative but I wouldn't think repairing/replacing a bent main would be horribly expensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanik Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Those checkvalves need 1 PSI and the drop of ~2ft from fuel pick-up to gascolator has only about 0.7PSI so you would end up not being able to drain the tanks completely. Bent gear is pretty serious though. I doubt insurance would cover an accident with a pre-existing condition like that. And Aluminum strength is pretty dicey once it is plastically deformed. I'd get it replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentuckynet Posted August 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 I dont have insurance anyway....good to know about the check valves....i may get them and just see if they will drain the complete tank beofre flying of course..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentuckynet Posted August 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Andair is delighted to introduce the our range of Check Valves. The internal shuttle and spring are extremely light giving a cracking pressure of between 0.4-0.7 PSI So i think they will work...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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