Everyone is entitled to his own opinion. I've had several issues with the flippy caps on my 261. Both oil and gas, but usually the oil cap. I have noticed a few things:
There's not a lot of room around the oil cap for fingers to grasp it without losing visibility of the cap alignment..
Seriously, you have to look at the caps in order to successfully work them. I just grab them and open and close them many times each day, can't say that I ever have to actually think about looking at them. This is on a whole new level of concentration for flippy cap operation. Go on.
If you fill up the oil tank, you have just increased the chance of a flippy cap failing to seat fully. Fill it a little short.
I am the world's worst at over filling my oil tank, never once had a problem, not once.
When you put the cap in place and turn it to tighten, try to pull it out of the tank before you flip the tab into locked position. If you can pull it out, you need a do over before you pour oil or gas all over yourself.
No $hit, you don't say. So if try to seat the cap and you can still pull it out, you should try to seat the cap again. Okay, that is sound advice, sound advice. Kinda like if you don't screw in the screw in caps and they don't seat, then you had better try to screw them in or you will pour oil or gas all over yourself. This is dumb.
Really we shouldn't need an engineering degree to figure this out, but some days it sure seems that way. Bailey's needs to have someone make them an adapter that locks into the oil/gas tank like a flippy cap, but accepts a traditional screw in cap. Then we can all choose what we want. Unlikely, I know, but I think they could make a ton of money on it
You see, this is what I'm talking about, according to this poster, my son is a genius or at least eligible for what I can only assume would be a bachelor's degree in engineering, I mean, what did I say, some people think you have to be super smart to work the flippy cap.
I say forego the high school SAT tests and mental apptitude tests and just sit a Stihl MS260 on the desk in front of the kiddos and ask them to remove and install both flippy caps a minimum of 5 times each. Those that scratch their heads or ask one single dammm question on how to do it, should just simply fail. Those that just simply open and close them the required amount would get an A+ and skip out of futher schooling and step right into a 6 figure engineering career at some areospace company.
Just a thought,
Sam