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Old 02-17-2008 | 01:27 AM
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Default RE: Nitro Models Pitts-40 Special Design


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Well i'm almost finished with mine. But i'm waiting on a fuel dot and some other goodies for it, before i can finish it. Ordered 3 tail wheels Setups for my planes. I'm sure they will work alot better then the stock ones on my planes.

Waiting for a fueler to mount in the cowl can't fuel it upside down all the fuel gets pushed out the exhaust. when the plane is right side up the vent tube in the tank is pointed toward the top of the tank upside down and it's submerjed in the fuel. plus its a pain to pull the fuel line off the carb to fuel the tank. I just hope that when the plane is flow inverted the Fuel doesn' cut the pressure from the exhaust off. Causing it to die But so far i havent had any trouble like that with my other tanks. But i never tried to fill them up upside down eighther.
I used one of these:



From here: [link=http://ecsvr.com/abm/ShopDisplayproducts.asp?Search=Yes]Click Me![/link]

This eliminates the need for a three line setup in cowled planes and it permits you to perform pinch tests w/o removing the cowl, doubling your bang for the buck.

I fuel the plane upright with this setup. I will also often install a filter between the filler and the carb.

Works great, less filling.