RE: Cheap and Simple ideas that work
 

If you stand it on end, you can simply cut it off completely.

RE: Cheap and Simple ideas that work
 

OK guys, I feel like this is turning into an entirely different thread, BUT I want to say that OF COURSE I know that the fuel in the trap should be CONSIDERED unusable etc (who in their right mind wants to eat into the last TWO OUNCES or fuel? Duh! )...that is, however, no reason to deliberately MAKE IT SO. The "get a bigger tank or shorten your flight times" concept, besides falling into the "state the obvious" category completely ignores the fact that air can get into the trap for a lot of reasons, not just cus someone can't tell time. If an airleak in the system, main tank clunk problem or some other malady introduces air into a trap without a bubble-eliminating sock or clunk then the "air eating/flameout-preventing" CAPACITY will be reduced a full 50% in the configuration shown above.

Not to be disrespectful at all since I'm certain each of you has more experience than me, but since there are also a lot of very experienced folks who DO see the value of a traditional UAT type of device I remain personally unconvinced regarding this particular cost saving idea and will err on the side of caution.

RE: Cheap and Simple ideas that work
 

Instead of buying a new car, keep the old one and spend the money in a new jet.. this could also help avoid having eventual relatives borrowing your money or better yet you borrowing money from the bank! ;)

Enrique

RE: Cheap and Simple ideas that work
 

ORIGINAL: erbroens

Instead of buying a new car, keep the old one and spend the money in a new jet.. this could also help avoid having eventual relatives borrowing your money or better yet you borrowing money from the bank! ;)


Especially since you US folk just spent about $800 billion today! Ouch that's a lot of money.

Tim

RE: Cheap and Simple ideas that work
 

" besides falling into the "state the obvious" category completely ignores the fact that air can get into the trap for a lot of reasons, not just cus someone can't tell time. If an airleak in the system, main tank clunk problem or some other malady introduces air into a trap without a bubble-eliminating sock or clunk then the "air eating/flameout-preventing" CAPACITY will be reduced a full 50% in the configuration shown above.

I guess the best money-saving tip here would be to build and maintain your fuel system in such a manner that air does in fact NOT get into the trap - when I land, I never
have more that a small "drop" of air in my hopper tank, if I should ever see that there is more than that, it's about time to go over the system again. If you have a serious
air leak, no hopper tank or UAT can save you from a flame-out for more than a few seconds...

That also goes for all other systems onboard - the air system, batteries, fuel, retracts... build it and maintain it well, and you will save the entire amount that you will loose
if you don't!!:D Don't accept "a small air leak" in your retract or brake system, don't fly with batteries that are old or worn, don't fly with retracts that fail every 3 or 4 times
you test them, and you will save a lot of money!![8D]

Tor