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Comment by Bill Bear on September 14, 2013 at 2:21pm

Thanks, Cliff.  I also flared the openings.  Not sure it is required, but  I've seen others built that way.  Probably improves the ability to capture enough pressure to be effective.

Comment by Cliff Stripling on September 14, 2013 at 9:08am

They look like a couple of cherries with stems from a distance.  Love the color!  I plan to copy the "J" tubes on the caps supplied by Zenith as well as a vent tube I will install on the header tank.  Ram pressure on the vents should help fuel flow some.  I have not seen anyone install a vent tube "anti-siphon" tower over the center canopy yet on any CH 701. Maybe mine will be a "first".  ???  I envision it shaped like a vertical "shark fin" high enough in elevation (8"+/-) to loop above the wing tanks so fuel can't siphon in normal flying attitudes.  I will manage fuel drain individually or together from each wing tank and monitor wing tank levels through a sight tube gauge overhead, under the vent tube tower and a sight tube gauge on the panel like Zenith suggests for the fuselage tank.