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You are correct when it comes to fuel starvation accidents they are one of the most common reason for incidents and for some unknown reason it is also the same for coupes. The last couple of coupe crashes I heard about were fuel problems. Pilot error in most cases but still fuel problems. Crashes with fuel in your lap is not the only problem engine fire is a very serious problem with the fuel so located. I worry a lot when I fly my Stits Playmate it has 29 gallons in the header tank and ten gallons behind the seat. One reason for doing the mod is that with the 0-200 I want the added fuel of the larger tanks and the STC states remove the header tank and I don't want to try and change the STC. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: N161LH 3B9 Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 6:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] 0200 and fuel tank mod When I first started looking at 'Coupes, that header tank worried me some -- the post-crash fire statistics for any plane with similar tank placement is not so good. So...I asked my very wise AP about it. His response, "Well, there's an easy fix -- don't crash." But seriously, he went on to point out that lots more GA pilots are killed by fuel exhaustion than fire. A pretty good point, I think. Leslie Holbrook Alon A2 N161LH (Flying Colors #1) Chester, CT 3B9 >From: Bob Saville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >John, > I sespecially like your last comment......"keep the header tank"!!! >Getting rid of the header tank >is getting rid of that hour of reserve time to find a place to land if >anything else goes wrong in the >fuel system. I'd rather fly with one mag than to give up my header tank! >And to have 'only' an electric >pump is about the same. Would a sky diver jump without his parachute? >That's what the header tank >means to me. > >Bob Saville > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following >any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > In a message dated 10/23/02 12:03:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > writes: > > > > > I am looking for installation locations of items such as the electric >fuel > > > pump and the gascolator. ... I want the electric pump for backup >beings > > that there > > > will be no gravity feed. > > > > You NEED the electric fuel pump as there is no gravity feed and if the > > mechanical pump fails, no engine. Secondly, since the engine driven >pump is > > higher than the tank outlet, there's the possibility of vapor lock. The > > electric pump helps deal with that by pressurizing the line going into >the > > engine driven pump. Furthermore, you should have the electric pump on >during > > takeoff, landing, and any other critical phases of flight. > > > > I've seen installations where the electric pump was mounted too high to >be > > fed by gravity from the wing tanks. Such installations by all rights >should > > at the very least be disallowed if you ever intend to use auto fuel, and >if > > it were my plane I'd disallow it regardless of the fuel I intended to >use. > > Gravity feed to the pump inlet virtually eliminates any chance of vapor >lock. > > > > > > Remember too that there's a difference between a carb for gravity feed >and a > > carb for pressure feed. it may be a simple as changing the float >setting, or > > it may not... > > > > Or, keep the header tank... > > > > John > > >========================================================================= ===== > > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > >========================================================================= ===== >To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > _________________________________________________________________ Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free! Try MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp ========================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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