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06 Oct 2024 23:33 - 06 Oct 2024 23:35 #1 by Brooks McNew
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Just as a reference, here's what my fuel indicator looks like when the fuselage tank is "full" i.e. fuel is flowing out through the overflow pipe, sitting level on the ground. 

I have an almost new plastic float and this is as high as it gets, unless you're in the air and put the nose up! 
   
I put that little black strip of tape on the glass tube as a reference to the"full" level. Incidentally, there's still almost 2.5 gallons remaining in the fuselage tank when the float gauge bottoms out. 
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06 Oct 2024 18:37 #2 by Brooks McNew
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That's EXACTLY what mine looks like... the fuel pumping around was just obscuring it.

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06 Oct 2024 18:21 #3 by Matt Gunsch
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06 Oct 2024 17:40 - 06 Oct 2024 17:41 #4 by Brooks McNew
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This is a 415C but it's a 6 gallon tank. My "in" from the pump and overflow "out" are both 90-degree fittings that enter the tank through the rear wall.

The "out" to the gascolator is a straight fitting on the bottom of the tank.
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06 Oct 2024 10:53 #5 by James Davis
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Not sure if this will help, but here's a very short borescope video of my fuselage tank, taken when I was testing the new electric fuel pump.

You can see the input and overflow elbow.


 

Cool video but I don't think it's the  415C's 5 gal tank model because it seems that the flow going upwards like a fountain.  is that coming from underneath or is it the angle of the video?
 

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05 Oct 2024 23:45 #6 by Matt Gunsch
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I posted photos of both, the Alon tank is the welded tank

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