JG Here in Australia we have a saying that goes "RTFQ" If you read the question, you will see that nowhere did I mention about building the fuel tanks out of fiberglass. Maybe I need to be a little more clear for you, but the foam I am referring to is made specifically for that application. See http://www.atlltd.com/bafflefoam.htm . I know there are KRs out there that use similar eg. http://krnet.org/krs/wc/
>From what I have seen the majority of KRs built use fuel tanks constructed with fiberglass anyway which unfortunately places you in the minority, much like climbing any aircraft above 10,000 feet. On 6/5/07, John <johng...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > ok, > > I have to mention something here. Please anybody > chime in if you have better experiences.. > > I used to build glass and wood boats. I built > more than a few fiberglass fuel tanks. > > Just building a hollow tank and having no debris > in the fuel coming out is a big challenge. It generally > took three or four disposable fuel filters and > as many tanks of fuel run through to get most of the > garbage out. Fortunately in the boat it did > not matter if the engine quit with a plugged > filter on a hot calm summer day on the lake. > > Having it quit on the upwind in your airplane > is a different story. > > Now someone is suggesting filling the thing with FOAM?!? > How much free foam will it take to block the fuel filter? > > I know others here do, Ask them for their experiences. > I would never even use a fiberglass tank in an airplane, > much less one with anything inside that could break off > and plug the system. > > Give me a nice, clean aluminum tank, pickled in fuel. > > jg > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 11:04 +1000, Darren Crompton wrote: > > If using foam in the fuel tanks to reduce "sloshing", are you able to do > > away with building in baffles and how much does the foam reduce tank > > capacity by? > > > > Cheers > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > -- Darren Crompton AUSTRALIA My web site: www.kr-2s.com
