REFLECTOR: fuel stuff

[Scott Derrick]

Hay Richard,

We all know who you are and that you've built canards that go 300+ 
knots, my kind of guy.

I don't think the "caution" is warranted or needed.

Scott

Richard Riley wrote:
> For actually bonding the upper skins onto the ribs and baffles, the 
> best stuff I ever found was Pro-Set adhesive.  It comes in a gun, like 
> caulking, with a long tube that mixes it.  It has the consistency of 
> hair gel.  http://www.prosetepoxy.com/adhesive.html.
>
>
> Caution - this is advice from a non-velocity canard builder, your 
> milage may vary.
>
>
> At 03:07 PM 7/23/2006, you wrote:
>
>>  I used Jeffco on my Velocity tanks and the stuff is fantastic. I 
>> used the recommended cap strips put the eopxy and glass fibers on 
>> top.. then weighted the things down. I only had 2 small leaks that 
>> were harder to find than fix.
>> Using a big party balloon inside of another one (then filled by a 
>> compressor) gave me the pressure I needed to find the leaks. Then I 
>> just mixed up some Jeffco and some cabbo, and sucked it into the 
>> leaks via the fuel vent line in the tank.
>>  
>> I ended up cutting the tip tanks apart on my cherokee 235 and fixing 
>> them then resealing them with Jeffco... worked great!
>>  
>> Fuel Guages,   I have the factory sight guages, but also put digital 
>> ones in my panel. They are hooked to westach probes in the tanks. You 
>> set the zero percent, then the full (100%) and it reads out 0-99% on 
>> the guages.
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: richard at riley.net
>> To: reflector at tvbf.org
>> Sent: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 9:13 AM
>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: BID Tank Sealing & Fuel Gage
>>
>> At 01:42 AM 7/23/2006, you wrote:
>>
>>> Jorge, a professional V builder showed me how to seal my tanks that 
>>> has worked very well for me for 6 yrs. When my tanks were done, but 
>>> before I closed them (put on upper strakes), we made a peanut butter 
>>> mixture of cabo and epoxy, then spread it over the inside tank 
>>> surfaces. It filled every pinhole and has never leaked. We used a 
>>> plastic body filler squeegee and applied a very thin layer. 
>>
>> I've used Jeffco tank sealant on 4 airplanes the same way you've just 
>> described.  Lancair's use it as standard practice.  I like it a lot.
>>
>> http://128.121.50.220:8090/Jeffco/Systems/viewCustomers_html?key=sp9700-FCR 
>>
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