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In a message dated 1/5/2004 10:12:11 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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This total length is actually *longer* than the depth of the tank ..... and
the idea is the end of the flexible tube "whips" around the bottom of the tank
with the motion of the boat and sucks up fuel from "here and there and
everywhere". The idea is that it keeps the crud from accumulating. Never tried it,
but it seems like an interesting idea.
This idea is what aerobatic aircraft use to draw fuel from their gas tanks.
They call it a "flop tube".
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying St Augustine
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