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olendorf

Joined: 06 Jul 2006
Posts: 140
Location: Schenectady, NY USA

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:22 pm Post subject: Grounding the fuel tank

If you remember, I installed a custom made aluminum tank this year in the Firestar.  I set it on the tray with the piece of rubber underneath it just like the plastic tanks use.  Then since I didn't get mounting tabs on the tank (mistake by builder) I had to strap the tank down with nylon straps.



Well it turns out my tank was not electrically attached to my airframe so even though I static ground the airframe when fueling up I wasn't grounding the tank itself.  I got lucky that I didn't get a spark.  



I fixed it yesterday.  



Just something else to think about.

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