Sid,
It was a defect in the weld along the 90 degree seam between the floor
of the tank and the rearmost wall.
Once found it was easy to see that while all the rest of the tank was
welded very nicely, along the bead on this edge in only this one spot,
there was a tiny deviation in the placement
Ron,
All resin based systems including Epoxy, VE, plastic, and lumber, plus other
materials such as glass, aluminum and steel, get brittle in cold weather;
it's a matter of what temperature and degree of brittleness. (The steel
hull of the Titanic shattering readily by an ice berg at 0 degrees
astic of
this type.
Just my .02 worth.
Ron
--- On Sat, 11/22/08, smwood wrote:
> From: smwood
> Subject: KR> Re: reworking my old KR-2
> To: kr...@mylist.net
> Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 3:24 AM
> John,
> However you cut into the old tanks and stick them back
>
John,
However you cut into the old tanks and stick them back together, make sure
there are no pockets left to gather water other than at the quick drain.
You may want to change the dimensions of the tanks to limit fore and aft
movement of the fuel so you don't get CG changes with pitch changes.
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