Larry said, "And the modification immediately after that would have been to remove the fuel tank for the fuselage entirely and place tanks, aluminum, fiberglass, or otherwise, in the outer wing panels."
That's certainly the wisest way to do it. My first KR (N37751) had, besides the composite header tank of about 15 gallons, wing tanks on each side of 20 gallons. That plane was built to go about 3000 miles non-stop. Although built by a retired Convair engineer who built three KR's and a Barracuda, he built the tanks with composites and all three tanks leaked or seeped. The cockpit always had a smell of gas in it when opening up the canopy. I really learned to hate the smell of gas. Thanks to aluminum, when opening the canopy of my current KR I've never gotten even a whiff of it. Composite tanks suck, especially fixed ones as built per plans. Mike - KSEE ____________________________________________________________ Oncologists Freak Out Over True Cause of Cancer pro.healthresponses.org http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5c27caab3c3544aab102bst02vuc _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
