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Old 08-04-2002 | 06:13 AM
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Doug Arnold
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If you are going with saddle tanks thats cool. we have built a byron f16 and a yellow f16 and 5 top gun f15's and 2 top gun mig29's all with saddle tanks, they work great. they were with byron fans and dynamax fans. on your byron set up you need to have a pressure tap on the pipe at the highpoint of the pipe. drill and tap a pito fitting and use silver solder to hold it in place. make sure that the fuel lines that "T" from the pressure fitting are the same length and that the fuel lines from the saddle tanks to the hopper tank are the same length you will be OK. Make sure that the tuned pipe is lined up correctly. the exhaust port is lined up with the middle of the engine..Make sure that your pipe mount spring setup is good because the byron fans like to eat the springs.....Anybody that has flown the byron setup, chime in and tell me I am a lier. I am talking that the Byron fan is "HUNGRY" for springs. Been there and done that.

Doug A
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