John Greenhalgh Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Hi, Just completing my Acro Wot and being not use to a cowled aircraft would like to know how to fill the fuel tank with the coel in place. Normally I just pump fuel via the feed tube or the filler tube but these are hidden within the cowl. Also I usually remove the tube from the muffler to check when the tank is full ie fuel comes out of the tube. Again this is hidden within the cowl. Any suggestions would be most welcome. Regards John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Bernard Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Hi John On my Acrowot I have the filler line coming to the top of the cowl where I have fitted a fuel dot. If you are not aware of these they consist of an aluminium ring that screws to the cowl and then the fuel tube fits through that to stick out of the top. A matching aluminium bung is fitted into the end of the line once you have finished filling, and the line and bung pushed bck into the ring so all you see is an aluminium cap. Your LMS should have these. Like you I take the line off the muffler, but I have an extension so I only needed to trim the cowl a little in order to be able to take the line off and on as required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Kearney Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 I took the slightly lazy aproach of having a vent line dangle out of the bottom of the cowl, I just plug my pump in there. Blocked for flight of course! The fuel dot idea is certainly neater however! r. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 same as Robin, the filler pipe sticks out behind the cylinder and I fill until it overflows out of the silencer. The filler waves around in the breeze if you look closely, but it's worked ok for more than twenty years on this particular model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Greenhalgh Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 Hi, Thats great information. Thank you for all the replies. Happy flying. Regards John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Olsen 1 Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 There is a gadget you can get that fits through the cowl and has a combined valve and socket. On the inside there are two nipples to fit fuel line on. One connects to the carb and the other to the tank. You fit a provided nipple onto the end of the fuel line from your pump and this plugs into the outside of the gadget. In doing so it shuts off the connection to the carb and connects itself to the tank side. So then you can pump fuel in (or out) Dubro sell them but there may be other brands too, I think my LMS has three or four different types and sizes. They are quite unobtrusive so good for scale models, at least unless you are going totally scale. I have one on a Fokker DVII and my son has one on a Sundowner John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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