No need to apologize, I should use something like mm but thought people in the imperial world would get confused with m&m's and have no idea what I was talking about. I don't like riveted sheet metal tanks, you only have to look at most Cessna's which crash and burn, the burning bit comes from one thing only. There are three elements to a fire hazarrd, oxygen, fuel, and an ignition source, take away anyone of these three, and the problem is hopefully, although not gauranteed, to be eliminated. The heat source cannot be eliminated, and neither can oxygen, so the best bet is to work on the fuel source, and there are only two possibilities, dump it overboard to get rid of it or contain it. If you take 60 or 70 lbs of fuel in a sheet metal tank and throw it at a brick wall so it comes to about a 4g stop, are you gauranteed the item will be leakproof, if the tank were made of aluminium plate instead of sheet metal, I would think there would be far less chance of leakage, but anyway, its all horses for courses.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Bray" <rsb...@hotmail.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 1:26 PM Subject: RE: KR> Spars/apology > I'm sure he did and I feel bad about ribbing him, sorry again Chris. > Just what does mil mean like on the thickness of a trash bag? > How many thousands in a mil? > Steve Bray > Jackson, Tennessee > > > > >>From: "Brian Kraut" <brian.kr...@engalt.com> >>Reply-To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> >>To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> >>Subject: RE: KR> Spars >>Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:05:13 -0500 >> >>Think he meant milimeters. >> >>Brian Kraut >>Engineering Alternatives, Inc. >>www.engalt.com >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On >>Behalf Of Steve Bray >>Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 1:54 PM >>To: kr...@mylist.net >>Subject: RE: KR> Spars >> >> >>I would like to watch you weld that. >>Sorry Chris, couldn't pass that up. You've got to be real careful, these >>guys are airplane builders and they don't miss much and let even less >>slide. >> >>Steve Bray >>Jackson, Tennessee >> >> >> >> >> >From: "Ron Freiberger" <ronandmar...@earthlink.net> >> >Reply-To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> >> >To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net> >> >Subject: RE: KR> Spars >> >Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:40:24 -0500 >> > >> >Chris said; >> > Tending to think that a welded 2-3 mil alumimium tank might be the >> >most crash resistant/puncture proof thing available, around about 70 >> >litres/ 15 gallon capacity, any comments? >> > >> > Yes; Aluminum foil is 2-3 mils. I don't think that would pass >> >inspection. >> > >> >Ron Freiberger >> >mail to ronandmar...@earthlink.net >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________ >> >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >> >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >> >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> > >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________ >> >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >> >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >> >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> >> >> >>_______________________________________ >>Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >>to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >>please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> >> >> >>_______________________________________ >>Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >>to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >>please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
