bject: KR> Re: Wing Tanks
At 08:37 PM 10/3/2010, you wrote:
> Gonna also do a water leak test
>before I put the top on the tank
++
a water leak will only show the worst possible leaks. Gas will pass
through a pin hole that will hold
> Gonna also do a water leak test
>before I put the top on the tank
When my aluminum tanks were done, the person who welded them swore he did a
leak check. He lied. The tanks showed numerous holes with the water test,
but even those we found were not the end of it.
The solution was to us
At 08:37 PM 10/3/2010, you wrote:
> Gonna also do a water leak test
>before I put the top on the tank
++
a water leak will only show the worst possible leaks. Gas will pass
through a pin hole that will hold water.
Larry Flesner
...about using 5" irrigation tube for wing tanks,
Robin,
Problems with using long skinny pipes for fuel tanks are:
It is difficult to impossible to install a fuel gauge that will make any
sense and our FAA airworthiness inspectors will insist that each tank be
fitted with a fuel gauge. However,
Mark wrote:
> I filled my wing tank last night for the first time and it's been 24
> hours
> without a hint of a leak. That's something I've been dreading for
> years
> now! I just finished rebuilding my carb, and although I don't have
> heat
> muff yet, I'm planning on firing this baby up nex
Flat plane area.
Brian Kraut
Engineering Alternatives, Inc.
www.engalt.com
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From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On
Behalf Of Joseph H Horton
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 9:04 AM
To: kr...@mylist.net
Subject: KR> Re: wing tanks
Mark wr
You might try a math formula called Simpson's Rule- I used it once to figure
the water line stripe on a Luger sail boat that I b built- it worked but it
would have been easier to put the boat in the water and mark the line with chalk
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