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  1. Marty_d
    If it was a 727, I believe their cruise speed was in the order of 40 knots higher than 737's to start with.
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    I think there's a fairly big thread over in Social Australia about this. For me Occam's Razor informs. What's more likely - aliens that have the technology to travel thousands of light years yet can't drive properly in Earth's atmosphere and only appear to Daily Mail readers, or existing phenomena - weather balloons, auroras, ball lightning, light patterns, electronic glitches and hoaxes? As for US congress - half of them seriously believe Trump is their best hope, so not a lot of logic going on in those heads.
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    You're limited with some aircraft for sight tubes. On mine for instance the wing roots reduce in size close to the cabin, so there's no way to have a full height sight tube.
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    That's another alternative Nev but I'd question whether it's simpler, as you're adding another component which requires plumbing in just to move the top-mounted sender from the tank. I wouldn't mind cutting a 59mm hole in the top of the tank, but I very much don't want to cut any holes in the side or bottom.
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    Top hole makes more sense than what I have (and haven't installed) - I've got a couple of VDO bent-leg float senders where you have to cut a hole in the side of the tank. After hearing some stories about leaking tanks I decided not to use them. If you end up sourcing the dip senders and they do the job, please let me know - I might look at them myself.
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    If the French butcher got there quick enough he'd be hors d'oeuvres.
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    With a 7 litre header tank it's more like 20 minutes. If you're more than 20 minutes away from ANY suitable landing site then planning was probably lacking in the first place.
  8. Marty_d
    Just had a thought... Dektites!
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    I'd be interested in that too, haven't made my boots yet.
  10. Marty_d
    Savannah have that setup, I'm using it in my CH701 too. Basically the header should always be full (gravity fed from wings) so if the sensor at the top goes dry it sets off the warning light on the panel.
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    That looks like the go. Many are 6 or 8mm but the line at that point is 3/8 (9.5) - that one would allow those barbs.
  12. Marty_d
    Has anyone had luck sourcing fuel on/off valves? Inline that is, just for a safety "off" in the cabin in case of fire etc.
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    A follow up question... A couple of people have said they threaded the inside of a barb and inserted the restrictor jet into it. Given the restrictor jet has a barb itself - is there any reason I can't just tap an M5 hole into the body of the manifold and have the 2 restrictor jets (tank return and fuel pressure gauge) threaded straight on to it? Yes the barbs are very small (around 4mm OD by the looks of it), I'm assuming there's a fuel safe hose of that size available? And an additional question - the back of my fuel pressure gauge looks like this. Can anyone remember what fitting they bought to connect a hose/line to this? Thanks!
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    Hi Bryan, I don't have a Sav, but a CH701 which is a bird of a very similar feather. Plans called for right thrust 3 degrees (0 down). I just used 3D CAD to locate the engine centreline 3 degrees from the fuselage centreline. Of course the prop plate should still be in the centre line of the aircraft, which means the back end of the engine is kicked out to the left (port). Then drew the location of the Rotax ring mount holes behind the engine and drew in a mount to fit. This seems to have worked. Having said all that, doing it with washers sounds easier if that's an option.
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    I would have thought a composite chassis/body would be great for corrosive environments. Possibly hard to achieve safety ratings though.
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    None of the older ones were pretty. My parents had a 12 in burnt orange, which was a pretty common colour.
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    I'll second that, Renault had great seats. My first car was a Renault 16, my Dad bought 2 for $500 and I bought one from him. Shit car but the seats were brilliant.
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    Looks like a great kit.
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    If it's the same stuff they sent me (it should be, I navigated to the ad from my purchased list) then the below should put your mind at ease. That's 20mm OD oil line, goes on easy.
  20. Marty_d
    You didn't hear an alarm and a mechanical voice saying "Missile launch... missile launch..."?
  21. Marty_d
    A couple of pics of it Skippy...
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    OT, paid 2/2/23, delivered 8/2/23 - so 6 days. Hong Kong is usually quicker than many locations in mainland China.
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    Skippy, I bought 3 lengths of this - seems like good stuff: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Red-3-feet-Fire-Sleeve-Braid-Flame-Heat-Shield-3-4-Fits-10AN-for-Oil-Fuel-Lines-/372637527814?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0
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    Happy to be corrected here, but I wouldn't have thought that a difference in distance between manifold and carbs would matter in the least. Think of the fuel system like an irrigation setup, the garden hose that's 10m long gives the same pressure as the one that's 12m long. If there's no air in the fuel system, why would it matter?
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    That's very nice work @rodgerc. What's the whitish stuff on the threads?
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