Ron Landon

Hi Kent, Thanks for the reply and for confirming what I suspected. I guess if there was a defensible reason for drains in the sumps there would have been activism promoting it long ago. And yes, I have 2 vent lines per tank, one each from forward and aft tank limits and plan to run them through a common manifold above and behind the passenger seat Berkut style before exiting below.

I'm about to flip my LongEZ build to mount sumps and glass the strake bottoms. I've got 2 extra SAF-AIR flush type fuel drain valves. Since I have them, would adding the fuel drain valves to my sumps be an addition worth having or an unjustifiable waste of build time.

I'm building a Long EZ and find the lower seatbelt attach points on the vertical fairing wall used on the Berkut to be much more appealing then the under fairing plans longeron locations for the Long EZ. Might someone offer construction detail source for doing the berkut style? I can't justify buying Berkut plans for this. Any Berkut builders in Phoenix? Ron Phoenix

Thanks for the help guys. I have elected to simply lower the path on my right conduit about 1". The problem I was having was that the conduit was too close to the connection of the bottom of the front stick and the elevator connetion assembly where the plans call for carving out the fuselage wall to accomodate. by moving the conduit about 1" down there is no potential of conflict. Resolved. Ron

Thanks T Mann, I appreciate the response. I had not contemplated embedding the conduit in the side walls. I encountered another builder who did that as well. I'll give that some thought and decide if I want to go through that work no that the fuselage sides are alreadyglassed. Ron

Question, I'm about to "re"-install my rudder cable conduits through the fuselage and was contemplating dropping them to the deck just aft of the instrument panel and keeping them there most of the way back to the rear seat bulkhead. Logic suggests both that there may be some increased friction from a little extra conduit curvature and that it wouldn't be enough to worry about. Has anyone done this? Any encouragements or cautions? Thanks, Ron Build2001