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Old 11-02-2011 | 05:51 PM
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Default Gas engine vent line - drain fitting?

I'm well into the build of my Pulse 125 XT and my DLE 20 is on order.

I understand that when filling the plane with gas, you pump until gas comes out the vent line. Rather than just having the line stick out the bottom of the cowl, are there drain fittings available? I'm thinking of something like this:




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You want the line sticking out some...it'll help keep the bottom of your airplane cleaner but more important help keep your tank cleaner on the inside.....I use a rubber gromment to help hold the line in place
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I think I'll go with your suggestion of the line sticking out of the fuse, with a grommet in the exit hole - thank you for the idea. And as another Pulse owner reminded me, watching the tank fill is very easy - it's under the hatch on the forward deck.

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I think it is Don's that stocks a very cool system like you were looking for. As I recall it even has a filter? Been a while sense I looked at it. I have an inch or two of line sticking out the bottom of my own gassers, there really isn't a lot of fuel that flows out the breather while in flight. It's when you grab your plane by the tail and wheel it that you see the gas flowing out.

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