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Noel
Joined: 13 Jan 2006
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Location: Montreal, Qc, Canada
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 Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:35 am Post subject: New 6 Gals. tanks |
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Hell all !
I have installed 2 new gas tanks bought from TNK co.
and wanted to share my findings with the group ...
These are the new 6 US gallons ones. The first thing i noticed
is that they are made of a quite thin plastic ... much thinner than
what i had before.
After fitting the pickup fitting i changed all the fuel
lines to black auto fuel line. I use a type made by Gates which their
catalog says it is suitable for gaz "and other petoleum distilates"
A friend of mine used exactly the same type of lines on it's 582 without
any poblem and the lines we're as strong after 5 years ...
On the clearance side ... The thanks are about 2 inches taller ...
it is a tight fit in my Twinstar Mk II but the thank do not interfere
with the aileron controls ... but the starting rope rubs a bilt against
the
thank near the cap which may cause a problem in the long run ...
I may have to fit some sort of guide to avoid this ...
Overall, i am quite pleased by the result having gained 2 gallons or a good
40 minutes more endurance with my 503 DC ...
I just hope the tank will prove to be stong enough over time ...
Noël
Twinstar MK II
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Arty Trost
Joined: 25 May 2006
Posts: 205
Location: Sandy, Oregon
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:40 pm Post subject: New 6 Gals. tanks |
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Noel -
Would you post info about TNK - how to contact them as
well as the item # for the tanks? Also, what color
are the tanks? The standard red, or opaque white
or...?
Thanks,
Arty
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Hell all !
I have installed 2 new gas tanks bought from TNK co.
and wanted to share my findings with the group ...
These are the new 6 US gallons ones. The first
thing i noticed
is that they are made of a quite thin plastic ...
much thinner than
what i had before.
After fitting the pickup fitting i changed all the
fuel
lines to black auto fuel line. I use a type made by
Gates which their
catalog says it is suitable for gaz "and other
petoleum distilates"
A friend of mine used exactly the same type of lines
on it's 582 without
any poblem and the lines we're as strong after 5
years ...
On the clearance side ... The thanks are about 2
inches taller ...
it is a tight fit in my Twinstar Mk II but the
thank do not interfere
with the aileron controls ... but the starting rope
rubs a bilt against
the
thank near the cap which may cause a problem in the
long run ...
I may have to fit some sort of guide to avoid this
...
Overall, i am quite pleased by the result having
gained 2 gallons or a good
40 minutes more endurance with my 503 DC ...
I just hope the tank will prove to be stong enough
over time ...
Noël
Twinstar MK II
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Ralph Hoover
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 206
Location: Central Ohio
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:00 pm Post subject: Re: New 6 Gals. tanks |
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"O" Noel, you didn't have the "O" in "Hello". They would eat you for lunch, for such a discrepancy.
You are 100 % correct on the gas tank wall thickness. It still works well even when flipped over with plane, as I have done. The walls do vacuum in a bit when they drain at high speed (as in pumped out with Facet pump directly to a reserve tank, no resistance). But they hold up quite well. I believe they can use that tank because the wall interiority is connected to the fact that they are contained within a structure and have a metal frame around them, as in my Firestar.
The bottom wall is a bit thinner than I would like as I use both the Facet and the Rotax mechanical pump discharging from the bottom, verses the strainer suction weighted tube hanging down inside. At least for me, the rubber expansive inserts work well and have held up without leaking. Even when I inverted my Kolb abruptly with a full tank.
You might want to apply a trick that Planecrazzy used to draw air from a point lower than the tank. You would then have to close off any air intake on top or in the cap and use a hole, possibly in that small nozzle with the cap on the other side of the top. No one thinks of being inverted until they are. But the other good side of the tube going below is that rain and splashed weather won’t enter your tank
Ohio Ralph
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Ralph Hoover
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:08 pm Post subject: Re: New 6 Gals. tanks |
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Sorry, I meant to say "integrity !
Ohio Ralph
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Noel
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:39 pm Post subject: New 6 Gals. tanks |
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Noel
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:46 pm Post subject: New 6 Gals. tanks |
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Noel
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Richard Pike
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject: New 6 Gals. tanks |
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Frustrating, isn't it?
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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Noel
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Noel
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:30 am Post subject: New 6 Gals. tanks |
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Noel
Are you a politician? You keep talking but you aren't saying very much.
Your posts have been working. What are you doing different?
do not archive
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David.Lehman
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:41 am Post subject: New 6 Gals. tanks |
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Noel, you've become a man of few words...
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