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<DIV><SPAN class=652520409-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Good
Thread! But which is right? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=652520409-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<DIV><SPAN class=652520409-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Stop
the clunk falling to the front of the tank and potentially crimping the fuel
line</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=652520409-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>or</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=652520409-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Use a
thin walled line that will always fall to the front of the
tank.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=652520409-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=652520409-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Does
it make any difference with the engine ticking over?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=652520409-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=652520409-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I use
the thin walled tube myself but would be interested to know which camp is the
majority.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=652520409-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=652520409-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Alan
Simmonds</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> discussion-request@nsrca.org
[mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Bob
Kane<BR><B>Sent:</B> 29 April 2003 04:56<BR><B>To:</B>
discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Fuel tank<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Does it quit on the way up, or on the way down? What kind of engine
are you using? </DIV>
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<DIV>There are at least two possible problems. Your idle setup could be off,
causing the changing fuel flow during this manuever to kill the engine. The
engine should run for a long time at idle with the fuel remaining in the line
even when the clunk is "high and dry" so to speak, certainly long enough to
finish the downline and level off, restoring fuel flow. The other problem could
be a pinched fuel line inside the tank. I had similar problem, flameouts
after a stall turn. I discovered the clunk would pull the feeder line into the
fuel on a downline but the clunk would stay in the front of the tank, folding
the feeder line and starving the engine of fuel. I now assemble my tanks with an
aluminum tube in the pickup line so the clunk can't fold back on itself.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I would make sure the idle setup on your engine is reliable. It should idle
for a very long time with no change in rpm. Run the engine on the ground
at full throttle, then pull back to idle. If it runs at steady rpm, all is fine.
If it slowly slows down and dies, it is rich. If is speeds up then dies, it is
lean.<BR><BR><B><I>Jerry Wilson <jerrywil@swbell.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=150564502-29042003>I
have just found a problem that I'm sure many people on the list have solved
before. Often while doing a stall turn, my engine would stop
and a dead stick landing would follow. After discussing this with a
friend at the field it was suggested that it could be a fuel tank
problem. So I took the tank out tonight to have a look. With
fuel inside I could see that when the tank was inverted as in a stall turn
manouver as you go over the top, the clunk would often rest against the
side of the tank. So when the nose is pointed down, the clunk could
hang at the aft end of the tank but the fuel is at the nose.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=150564502-29042003>I've
changed the length of the tubing (shorter and longer) and even added a
wheel collar to the line at the clunk, but so far I can't tell much
difference.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=150564502-29042003>Any
suggestions would be appreciated,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=150564502-29042003>thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=150564502-29042003>Jerry</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=4></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Bob
Kane<BR>getterflash@yahoo.com
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