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Old 26th May 2014, 21:29
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Jan Olieslagers
 
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... great fun!
let me add

8. low wing brings the need for an electric fuel pump - tanks in high placed wings will gently and naturally feed their fuel by gravity which is a very reliable force. To make matters worse Rotax now seem to impose a fuel return line from "after" the mechanical pump to the fuel tank, against vapor locking; again, no concern when the tanks are at higher level than the carbs.

NB my high-winged Apollo Fox has a Makrolon cockpit ceiling so the option to look at the sky is given, though less extensive than with a bubble canopy - it is however very rarely used.
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