I have a tank from a Flaglor Scooter that was built in 1975 with West
System (called Gougeon at the time) epoxy and fiberglass with no sloshing
compound. It is two layers of 10 0z boat cloth and is very light. It
has never leaked in the 25 plus years and the inside surface shows no
degradation.
D
My KR is constructed using the west system, so that is good news to hear
Dick Hartwig has had no problems for 25 years. Insofar as mogas use in
the continental, I plan on using av fuel occasionally to add the lead
content. We have FBO's here in Canada supplying MOGAS and I'm told it
has n
Bill: I worked for both Shell and Esso hauling both Avgas and Mogas to
various locations throughout Canada. The only chemicals added to mogas are
the various additives that clean the internal engine components (fuel
injectors, carburetors and the like, also octane boosters) much the same as
motor o
Bill,
Interesting to hear your 150 didn't do well on Mogas, (or did you just mean
that the gas "stinks"). We used a lot of it in the 150 that we had. Couldn't
tell any difference in performance. Used only Amoco gold (93 octane). Some
claim that the vapor pressure is lower with mogas and wi
>\My brother owns a vari-ez and the right tank developed a leak that desolved
>about 6" of the foam in the wing. He swears that using mogas only on 2
>occasions caused the failure. However it's anyone's guess as to what kind
>of epoxy
>was used as he didn't build it.
A Vari-Eze is supposed to
In a message dated 6/23/2004 8:41:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,
donr...@erols.com writes:
A Vari-Eze is supposed to be built with Urethane foam around the
tanks. Urethane is impervious to gasoline. Assuming that you mean the
outboard wing panels that are made from polystyrene, any gas (Mo or Av
Is there any evidence that motor gas will affect the fibre-glass fuel
tanks in our KR's? I have a continental and have always used avgas, but
with the increasing costs i am considering mogas.
William J.G. (Bill) Crawford
Senior Research Consultant
Research in Building Science
CMHC, Ontario
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Bill,
The glass fiber in fiber glass is totally immune to any chemical attack from
anything that might be contained in any gasoline, and is also oblivious to
ultraviolet light from the sun. The resin is another story. Epoxy resin is
subject to UV attack. Vinyl Ester resin is also subject to U
William wrote:
"Is there any evidence that motor gas will affect the fibre-glass fuel
tanks in our KR's? I have a continental and have always used avgas, but
with the increasing costs i am considering mogas"
I recently went through this type of research when trying to decide fuel
tank configuratio
Is there any evidence that motor gas will affect the fibre-glass fuel
tanks
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I would be very happy to see a comprehensive answer to this question.
I recall when Safe-T-poxy first came out - word was that it was bullet
proof for auto or avgas fuel tanks. Not sure how many t
On the subject of fuel tanks and resins
Lancair use the vinyl-ester resin in the construction of their tanks, but in
an application where you are likely to be laying up over the foam, the
vinyl-ester resin will dissolve it. There are quite literally 1000's of the
Rutan style aircraft and others fl
>Is there any evidence that motor gas will affect the fibre-glass fuel
>tanks in our KR's? I have a continental and have always used avgas, but
>with the increasing costs i am considering mogas.
>William J.G. (Bill) Crawford
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I think
///the compression ration is higher than in an
equivalent automotive engine. Use of lower octane ULP can lead to
pre-ignition problems which can dramatically shorten engine life///
Peter and netters,
Scott Cable and I had a discussion of auto engines a short time ago, and
prevent a misinformation
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