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Comment by Thomas Zink on August 10, 2013 at 10:35am

Hi Jimmy, You are right. Probably will never need it but happy to have it there. What kind of performance are you getting with the 0200? Mine is a heavyweight at 850lbs. We included the front float fittings, shoulder harness and a few other things.

Comment by Jimmy Young on August 10, 2013 at 4:48am

Thomas, I've got a Continental on my 750 too. Fuel flow testing showed 30 gal/hr at level. If it drops 25% at that angle, it is still flowing over 3 times more than it will burn.
I've had it at some very steep-nose high attitudes in flight, trying to starve it (over the field & high of course). Has not happened yet. I"ll never fly it like that in normal conditions, but nice to know the gravity fed system works well with no fuel pump.
7 month build is impressive!

Comment by Thomas Zink on August 9, 2013 at 5:50pm

Fuel test was interesting. Full power level plane for 2 minutes was good. Nose high like this with full power 2 minutes had 25% drop in fuel flow. 8 gallons in each wing at the time. Same nose high test 2 minutes with fuel pump on and no drop in flow. Glad we added a fuel pump. Could have been game changer. Plane is done except paint and waiting for FAA inspection. 7 months from start to now.