Larry: Thanks Larry.
I have ordered 5" OD x .052 wall Alum. Tube. ^0" long tubes have a capacity of around 4.8 Gallons. The gal @ the gathering used plastic pipe for hers but said she was able to use th pipe to cut through the foam ribs and then only needed small access oles to secure the tanks. I'll all so have some venting issues. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry&Sallie Flesner" <fles...@verizon.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 8:25 AM Subject: Re: KR> Retro-Fitting Wing tanks > > >>At the last gathering one of the attendees had used tubes or Plastic >>Pipe as tanks to retrofit tanks into wings. I would like to >>exchange some methodology on how and ask you some questions. >>Don Lively > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Bill Clapp has some wing tanks using plastic pipes. Seem to me it would > be a fairly easy task to cut open the bottom of the wing, install the > pipes > , re-foam and glass the wing. You might even be able to install some > pipes (I'd use aluminum) through the 48" inboard rib without cutting any > of the wing surface. Remove and rebuild the wing tip to accept the filler > neck and vent. If necessary, you could cut a few holes to shoot in > some expanding foam at several points to hold the tanks in place. The > possibilities are limited only by one's imagination. > > I had to cut open my left wing to find and fix a leak in my left wing > tank. Although > the bottom of my left wing is still in primer it was not really that big > of a > deal. I cut out the glass and foam in the tank area, cut out the bottom > of the > tank, re-sealed the tank, re-attached the tank bottom, replaced the foam > and > sanded to shape, glassed and finished the wing surface. I was flying > again > in less than 60 days. > > Larry Flesner > > > _______________________________________ > 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 >
