I have routed my sight gauge identically and it works great on the ground,
but
in the air the fuel goes down in the sight gauge by about 3-4 gal. If I
route the
vent into my fuel return line at the top of the tank instead of the fuel
tank breather
tube, I get the same results so the sight guage is pretty worthless while
flying.
Glenn
>From: "josok" <josok-e@ukolo.fi>
>Reply-To: europa-list@matronics.com
>To: europa-list@matronics.com
>Subject: Re: Europa-List: Monowheel sight gauge
>Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:30:46 +0300
>
>
>Hi Ron,
>
>I decided to route the tube up the seatback, back in the seatback over the
>tank, and up to the breather tube. The reason is that i will be able to see
>the fuel level while tanking. The breather tube is connected to the top of
>the filler and has it's opening behind the flap extension. You will get the
>idea of the latter from the attached picture, where you see the vent
>system. This is one of the good ideas of Graham Singleton. I am still
>thinking of adding a one way valve there opening in the cockpit, to have a
>second vent in case the primary one gets blocked.
>
>Kind Regards,
>
>Jos Okhuijsen
>
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