At 10:19 PM 6/3/2007, you wrote:
> > For fuel connections I would cut out a round aluminum plate out of 3/8"
> > aluminum, drill and tap a 3/8" NPT hole in the middle, and build this into
> > the structure as you build the tanks.
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No
Larry Flesner wrote:
> No need to do the machining.
I guess you're right about that, but some folks are like me and would rather
spend a few minutes with the bandsaw, drill, and tap, using a scrap of
aluminum left over from something else, and be done with it in ten minutes
rather than wait fo
>I guess you're right about that, but some folks are like me and would rather
>spend a few minutes with the bandsaw, drill, and tap, using a scrap of
>aluminum left over from something else, and be done with it in ten minutes
>rather than wait for a few days for the mail and spend the $ for the "r
Mark L.
I'm glad to hear you're getting close to finishing!
I must admit I'm eagerly awaiting the reports of your first flights,
particularly with regard to the angle of incidence of the horizontal
stabiliser. I imagine the final setting will be in the area of -1°, but I
will await your reports wit
Looks good. I read your comments and for the recored,
I am going with 2 aluminum wing tanks and an aluminum
header tank.
Ray
--- Mark Langford wrote:
> This reminded me that I've had my main tank full of
> fuel for something like
> four months now, and the aux tank about half full,
> and no l
I do remember reading an article in a flying mag ???, which a Lancair had
fuel leaking from inside the sealed wings, and the wing would have to be
replaced to fix it,
Phil Matheson
mathe...@dodo.com.au
VH-PKR ( Phil's KR)
61 3 58833588
Australia.( Down Under)
See My KR2 Building Web Pag
This reminded me that I've had my main tank full of fuel for something like
four months now, and the aux tank about half full, and no leaks (yet). I
guess I did OK there. Details of how I did it are at
http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/wingtank.html .
I'm in the middle of cutting access panels fo
I just completed a new tank for my KR-2 made of carbon fiber, 7781 glass inner
liner, and kevlar on the outside. I used Shell 862 resin and TETA hardner, the
same stuff they used to use at Lancair. I worked there for ten years part time
and they used the Shell 862 on all of their parts. Due to
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