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From: Fred Fillinger <fillinger@ameritech.net>
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>I located the drains under each seat. That requires an elbow (brass
>90-deg + a hose barb), affixed to the floor in some way, and
>discarding the aluminum pieces. I embedded them in small wood blocks,
>and glassed them to the floor. Advantages are less weight and
>flush-mounting of the valves (.1 knot?)
>
The other advantage is compliance with one of the regulations you may have
overlooked; the requirement for no fuel fittings to project below the
fuselage (for obvious reasons). Or at least it is under JAR-VLA, which is
not dissimilar to the FARs.
Duncan McFadyean
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