mlpaton2000(at)yahoo.com
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 Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:29 am Post subject: Stored and crashed |
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Hi all,
I am in Zambia ,africa and had not used my S5 for a few months that I was in France, then I came home for a week in October last year and was looking forward to my flying. I cannot remember anything about return or crash , but aparrently I had been air born about 30-40 minuted before the engine stopped and I went down ,aparently because tanks where empty there must have been a moisture buld up , but if I had seen anything in pre flight check I would not have flown, does anybody have any Ideas to cause ?
K&MCozik <kcozik(at)cablespeed.com> wrote:
[quote]--> Kitfox-List message posted by: K&MCozik
I removed the tank drain today so I could take a closer look and to clean. They
were covered with sticky resin and were almost impossible to push. When I did get
them to open, they wouldn't close. Both rubber "o" rings were melted as well.
Like others have said before, this seems to be a very isolated case where it
doesn't seem to add up. Thanks to Tom I have a procedure for checking the level of
additives which I'll do sometime this week. Hopefully we'll have some answers.
Just for the record, My hangar mate has a model 4 1200 shipped around 1993. I
helped him pour a can of auto fuel in it 2 weeks ago and it has sat in the hanger
since. When I checked the tank this morning, no sign of damage at all.
Kevin C
Series 6-7
Rotax 914
Czech floats
Laingsburg MI
On Tue Jun 3 21:43 , 'dave' sent:
| Quote: | --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "dave" dave(at)cfisher.com>
If you missed my last post I use well over 1000 gallons a year in my 582 Kitfox
alone in the wingtanks. We have had ethanol in our gas for 2 years. My tanks
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have not fallen apart yet. [quote][b]
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