REFLECTOR: Fuel Cap restraint

Keith Hallsten KeithHallsten at quiknet.com
Fri Sep 15 19:59:21 CDT 2006


It seems to me we should give some thought to keeping anything that's going
to be bouncing on the bottom of the strake tank as smooth as possible.
Given enough time and vibration, I can imagine a sharp corner wearing a hole
through the bottom of the tank!  Thus, I'm inclined to make an oval out of
small-diameter brass rod, with the brass chain for the cap welded to the
middle of one of the long sides of the oval.  If the small dimension of the
oval is a tight fit through the filler neck (and the oval has a length more
than double its width) it won't come out through the filler neck without a
serious effort.

 

Keith

  

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Scott Baker
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 2:00 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel Cap

 

Hello Gary,

Duane Swing mentioned the same thing, but with a slight twist.  Design the
triangular shape metal so that it is narrow enough to be lowered into the
fuel cap opening, but have the base of the triangle long enough so that it
cannot slip through the opening if the cap were to come off.  See drawing.

Best,

Scott B.



----- Original Message ----- 

From: Gary Stull <mailto:gstull at tampabay.rr.com>  

To: Velocity <mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>  Aircraft Owners and Builders list 

Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 8:04 AM

Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel Cap

 

I made a piece of triangular shaped metal too large to fit through the gas
cap hole and attached a chain to the cap. Obviously this must be done before
you install the upper strake, since the triangle has to be in the tank.
Simple and works great

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Milehitaz at aol.com 

To: reflector at tvbf.org 

Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 2:30 AM

Subject: REFLECTOR: Fuel Cap

 

WOW ...Reading a reply to TEC from SB with grading of MT and about the MT
and engine combinations...and there it was... a small gem off the topic but
in the text I had forgotten about...."Gas Cap through a prop"....Any one
chain them lil muthas down?    I was thinking about doing that long time ago
but almost forgot to ask the wise collective for input. I once looked in
Aircraft-Spruce for idea and proper chain...no luck. I probably missed it in
there somewhere. 

 

Anyone have experience or ideas that you feel like sharing? I was thinking
about putting down an aluminum hard point and using some sort of
chain...brass? Aluminum? SS Cable?  Ground it to filler ring/engine with the
wire I am putting in? 

 

First strake still open...but not for much longer. As always...thanks in
advance to all for your help!

 

Best to all,

Larry Lambert

XL/RG.


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