Netters,
I have to admit, I have deleated most of the posts on this subject, but Jeff
Scott's comment about 60 lb imbalance got my attention. Glassair's have a
wet tip they can add, it increase fuel capacity. Just as Mark L added to
his wing tips, Glassair has a tip tank that holds about 5 ga
Mike wrote:
"Outboard tanks, tips or not, increase the structural ability of the wing
to handle sudden increases in lift. Tip tanks, if canted like the later
310's for instance, are thought to decrease tip drag.
The KR wing is strong enough that carrying fuel in the tips isn't
relevant for
Outboard tanks, tips or not, increase the structural ability of the wing
to handle sudden increases in lift. Tip tanks, if canted like the later
310's for instance, are thought to decrease tip drag.
The KR wing is strong enough that carrying fuel in the tips isn't
relevant for strength issues,
Scott wrote:
I can tell you for a fact that a 60 lb imbalance between tanks with them
located at the inboard end of the wing panels is quite significant. I tested
that condition in my KR. I'd sure hate to have to try to land a KR with a 60
lb imbalance at the wing tips.
So I'll ask the questi
I can tell you for a fact that a 60 lb imbalance between tanks with them
located at the inboard end of the wing panels is quite significant. I tested
that condition in my KR. I'd sure hate to have to try to land a KR with a 60 lb
imbalance at the wing tips.
So I'll ask the question a bit diff
Jeff wrote:
"As Victor points out with the Cessna twin tip tanks, they may look cool,
but they come at a pretty high cost to safety. Carrying tip tanks gives you
the capability whether by accident or by mechanical failure to have the
lateral balance so far out that the plane becomes uncontrollab
. Creating conditions to get you an unrecoverable spin or an uncontrollable
wing heavy condition at landing speed are things that can get you killed.
Jeff Scott
Los Alamos, NM
Jeff is spot on here. Just think if they had only three gallons each and for
our purpose fuel weighs in at 6 LBS a gal
As Victor points out with the Cessna twin tip tanks, they may look cool, but
they come at a pretty high cost to safety. Carrying tip tanks gives you the
capability whether by accident or by mechanical failure to have the lateral
balance so far out that the plane becomes uncontrollable at slow sp
I have about 500 hours in Cessna 421's and 414's as well as a lot of time in
310's. In all of these there is a fuel pump in the aft end of the tank that
moves fuel from the front to the back of the tank where the pickups are. These
pumps run all the time. These are the main tanks on all of these
I liked the looks of tip tanks and have some
fake ones made them to go onto my wings.
Dave Mullins
Nashua, NH
Fred Johnson wrote:
> Rudi wrote:
>
> "Sakkie's plane with tip-tanks, ZS-UKU, is currently being restored after
> standing for many years, more information available here:
> http://www
Rudi wrote:
"Sakkie's plane with tip-tanks, ZS-UKU, is currently being restored after
standing for many years, more information available here:
http://www.avcom.co.za/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=100&t=79408[Fred Johnson] "
This is great. I have been reading Pazmany's article about the PL-1 and it
Sakkie's plane with tip-tanks, ZS-UKU, is currently being restored after
standing for many years, more information available here:
http://www.avcom.co.za/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=100&t=79408
We still have quite a lot of KR activity here in South Africa with a
recent revival of many projects, some
There is a bit better info on the KR with tip tanks from South Africa here:
(http://www.avcom.co.za/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=100&t=79408) I thought this may
be interesting, seems someone I believe its Cartlon, who is restoring Sakkie's
KR.
Mike
; Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:48:27 -0700
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> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:48:27 -0700
> Subject: KR> tip tanks
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> Has anyone ever done tip tanks on a KR?
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> Fred Johnson
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Has anyone ever done tip tanks on a KR?
Fred Johnson
Reno, NV
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