Robn: That may well be true but a fabricated tank can be made to conform to the interior void space of the wing and is most likely least difficult to secure. My reason for fabricating tanks from tubing is that I think they can be retrofitted without tearing my finished wings apart. There will be some problems to work out with the tank filler caps, vents and securing the tanks but I think with careful thought it can be a whole lot less work,
The greatest volume rectalinear tank of any given volume enclosed by the least material is a perfect cube. Don -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Macdonald" <r.macdon...@clear.net.nz> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 3:55 PM Subject: KR> Tanks > Netheads, > > While we are busy discussing tanks, what about round tube versus fabricated > tanks. I was a bit surprised the area of material to make a tank, a round > tank will hold more than a square or oblong tank for the same amount of > material. > > We can work out what the weight for a round tube/ how much it holds. Has > anyone any weights for their fabricated tank against what it holds. > > Robin. > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to > http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
