At 07:48 PM 2/6/99 -0500, you wrote: >1. As a member of the Coup Group, I am enjoying the e-mails that I am >getting. I have a question. When I "reply," to one of the messages >posted, is the whole group seeing it or just the address of the sender >who's address is on the e-mail that I reply to? For example, this one; >I reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] regarding the center fuel tank, are you the
Hi Grover. The way this thing works is this: When someone sends an EMAIL message to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", it gets re-send somehow to all of us on the list. When we get the message, the original sender's address is in the "from" box, not "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". So, if you hit "reply", it will normally go to the person the message came from, not the whole group. Look in the "To:" field to see where it will go. You should be able to ahange it to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Most replies should go to the whole group, because usually the message is something everyone is interested in. To do that in my mail program, I hit "reply", then I change the recipient in the "To:" field to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" instead of the original person. Your message will them be sent to ALL the people on the list, as mail, INCLUDING the person who sent the original message. You don't have to "CC" them or send them a separate reply, because they're part of the mailing list. How does this work? I have no idea! It's pretty impresive, though. > I haven't seen my own replys appear on the forum most of the time. I would >like to join the dialog with most replys. If the whole group doesn't >share my reply, please forward it to the whole group. Later I will try >to figure out what I need to change. Thanks. Probably because you've been replying to the original poster, without changing it to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >2. Now here is my pie-in-the-sky reply. My center tank leaked. I had >it repaired. Now it doesn't. The fuel system as Mr. Weick designed it >works real well and I like it except for the fact that I am acutely >concious of the fuselage tank practically being in my lap. >Unfortunately, Ercoupes have a bad record for post crash fires resulting >in the death of the pilot. Here is where I am going with this. For >many years I have wished for rotational molded tanks of plastic for the >coupe like boat tanks. They are cheap once the molds are made, the >expense in in the molds (and the STC). They can be made in the shape and >configuration of the wing tanks (with some method of adaptation, perhaps >skinned over in metal so they can be mounted like the original tanks >are). But, even if the wing tanks prove impractical, the center tank >certianly lends itself to a rotational molded (plastic) tank of the same >shape and made even safer with the installation of reticulated foam as an >explosion suppressant. Rotational molded plastic tanks are already being >used in experimentals. Latest being the Monex. Ken Brock Manufacturing >already has a rotational molded tank for their gyroplane, a seat tank >that has "NEVER BEEN KNOWN TO RUPTURE IN A CRASH." Quote from the >latest issue of Sport Aviation. Please find your latest issue of Sport >Aviation and read about these tanks. Maybe someone can set up and >manufacture some center tanks for us, I know, small market. The SIC code >for Freeflow Products which makes the tanks for Ken Brock is 3089-01. >Maybe Ken Brock Mfg. will make us some. Told you this was a >pie-in-the-sky reply. > >Grover >Coupe 99398 Is it possible to put the foam explosion-suppression stuff in an existing metal tank? How the heck does it work? THAT seems like a good idea that ought to be developed for airplane fuel tanks. I'm probably more concerned with fuel hoses coming off than the tank rupturing in a crash. I might be off-base, but it seems like the hoses are more delicate than the tank. Maybe not.
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