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Skybolt plans main fuel tank - flop tube and fuel sending question

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Jerry

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I'm building the plans, 29 gallon tank.

I'd like to put two baffles in the tank to keep the fuel from sloshing around. I'm going to have the flop tube enter from the forward side and a fuel sending unit mounted to the front side too (taking both these ideas from the McKenzie inverted tank... at least I'm thinking that now).

Are there any issues with having the flop tube and the sending unit in the same area? I'm thinking the flop tube might bend the sending unit. Should I have a baffle in the center of the tank to keep these separated?

All new to me...

By the way, I've read Ward's thread on the invert tank (thank you Ward), the Skybolt Newsletter article, and the Skybolt builder's manual.
 

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