JPI Fuel Scan FS-450

[Russell Croman]

Hi guys,

 

My '06 CTSW has the "classic" instrument panel with analog gauges... no Dynon. There is a blank cutout in the panel into which a JPI FuelScan FS-450 would fit rather nicely. Has anyone installed one of these in a CT? I am wondering two things:

 

• Is there already an LOA to install this in a CTSW?
  
• Do I need the generic FS-450 or the "Rotax" version?
  
  • "regular" version: http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/jpifuelscan450.php
    
  • "Rotax" version: http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/rotaxfuelscan.php
    

I am confused on the "Rotax" version because it mentions two transducers and pressurized carburetors. I figured I would only need one transducer since there is a single fuel line running behind the instrument panel, and the Rotax 912 carbs are not pressurized as I understand it.

 

Thanks,

 

Russ

N296CT

[Roger Lee]

Hi Russ,

 

There is no LOA for this particular flow meter. You would need to file one. The reason for the two transducers in that Rotax has a re-circulation line that some people use to go back to a wing tank. Our re-circulation line goes back into the top of the gascolator. So long as you put the transducer before the gascolator like most of us have with a Dynon then you could use just one. Here is the one many use:

http://www.fdatasystems.com/Manuals/FT_60_General.pdf

FD now uses this too.

[Russell Croman]

Thanks, Roger.

 

-Russ