ORIGINAL: wntofly
Jeremy, I did exactly that after Lee DeMary made that sugestion several years ago. It made a big difference in the flair, as you were much less likely to run out of elevator. Knock on wood I have not had any problems going that route. Smart move in my opinion. Thanks Lee!!!!
ORIGINAL: LGM Graphix
The other thing I was going to change had I kept it, was I was going to reverse the order of the tanks. In the Super Bandit the center tank is WAY ahead of the CG while the saddle tanks are on the CG. The center tank is the last to empty which is stupid, it means no matter what, short of running out of fuel, you are landing nose heavy. I was going to run the vent to the center tank, center Y'd to the two saddles, and the two saddles Y'd into the UAT so that they were the last tanks draining, that way on landing I would have at least had a neutral CG. I ended up selling the jet before I tried this however.
Even with the CG back as far as I had it, it still required a fair amount of down elevator when inverted which tells me it was still nose heavy (fuel tank issue I'm sure). Incidence was correct and I had no pitch change at different throttle settings. I really think reversing the order in which the tanks drain would make a huge difference on the Bandit.
Jeremy
+1.
Both my Bandit fuel systems are configured as Jeremy suggests..