Pietenpol-List: do the nozzles shut off automatically??
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 4:48 pm
Original Posted By: Gary Gower
I'm ashamed to admit ,that when I started flying, I flew a club plane that wasalways fueled by a line/fuel guy with a roving gas truck.Every plane from way back then till 6 years ago was always full when I got it.Then, got into Ultralights, and the " carry/mix your own fuel."Well anyway,,,now my Pietenpol is flying, and the first few main tank fulls I handcarried from the airport next door, with 100LL.Soon it'll be time to grow up and fly to my second permitted airport , in Phase1 , for fuel in Sussex NJ, to the north.I have a 14 gal main/nose tank, and a 10 gal center/ top wing tank ( that feedsby gravity to the main tank)I know the mess that I've had fuelling the U/L with a gas can, and over filling. Do the AV GAS pump nozzles shut off automatically like a car gas nozzle?I've only put some gas in planes since, and never filled them up. Can I over fillthe top tank and fill up the cockpit and my seat?Or do I have to do the " watch the gallons and do the finger wave thing"?What I'm asking is,,,"do the nozzles shut off automatically?"waltNX140DL(north N.J.)________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 17:15:10 -0800 (PST)
I'm ashamed to admit ,that when I started flying, I flew a club plane that wasalways fueled by a line/fuel guy with a roving gas truck.Every plane from way back then till 6 years ago was always full when I got it.Then, got into Ultralights, and the " carry/mix your own fuel."Well anyway,,,now my Pietenpol is flying, and the first few main tank fulls I handcarried from the airport next door, with 100LL.Soon it'll be time to grow up and fly to my second permitted airport , in Phase1 , for fuel in Sussex NJ, to the north.I have a 14 gal main/nose tank, and a 10 gal center/ top wing tank ( that feedsby gravity to the main tank)I know the mess that I've had fuelling the U/L with a gas can, and over filling. Do the AV GAS pump nozzles shut off automatically like a car gas nozzle?I've only put some gas in planes since, and never filled them up. Can I over fillthe top tank and fill up the cockpit and my seat?Or do I have to do the " watch the gallons and do the finger wave thing"?What I'm asking is,,,"do the nozzles shut off automatically?"waltNX140DL(north N.J.)________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 17:15:10 -0800 (PST)