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kr2(at)earthlink.net
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 Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject: fuel tanks |
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Hi all, I have a kitfox iv and am ready for my first flight in about a week or two,after many days of upgrades and changes that I made I am left with a simple question .should I flush my fuel tanks since the plane has been sitting since last august with little to no fuel in it and if so ,is there a product out that will do the job or should I just run some new avgas through it and not worry.
Thanks for any advice
Mark Thompson
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dosmythe(at)cox.net
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| Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 3:39 am Post subject: fuel tanks |
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Mark,
At the most I would consider filling the tanks then draining through a
separate filter then reuse the same fuel. From my experience and what I've
heard from others, you can expect to get some crud in the filters for the
first few tanks of fuel. I would make sure I have filters for each wing and
one final filter before the carbs. Inspect/replace/clean frequently during
the early stages of flying.
Don Smythe
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smokey_bear_40220(at)yaho
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| Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 3:44 pm Post subject: fuel tanks |
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Mark,
I used the same 5 gal of fuel and washed it thru the
entire system several times and then checked the
filter. Rewashed it until the filter was clean. Each
time I used a filter funnel to collect the fuel in the
5 gal tank, and then refiltered it again as I poured
it into the plane so it was always clean.
Kurt S. S-5
--- Mark Thompson <kr2(at)earthlink.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Hi all, I have a kitfox iv and am ready for my first
flight in about a week or two,after many days of
upgrades and changes that I made I am left with a
simple question .should I flush my fuel tanks since
the plane has been sitting since last august with
little to no fuel in it and if so ,is there a
product out that will do the job or should I just
run some new avgas through it and not worry.
Thanks for any advice
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Jim Shumaker
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| Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:38 pm Post subject: Fuel Tanks |
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The rumor about aluminum fuel tanks to being perfect is quite true. I re-sloshed one of my tanks about 2 months ago. It was better for about a week. Now it is dripping. Probably a seam opening up.
As someone mentioned, the race car set make all sorts of tanks with bladders and foam fillers as a matter of course and think of the fuel tank as a minor problem rather than a major problem. But then they don't have them inside the wing and covered with fabric and paint.
Jim Shumaker
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pwmac(at)sisna.com
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| Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:43 am Post subject: Fuel Tanks |
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But the Al tanks in a KF wont work due to wing flex and subsequent
cracking of the Al. Very few of the Al tank models still have the Al tanks.
The race car tanks are periodically have the foam and liner replaced.
Not a good plan for a KF. Besides most of the racers use leaded fuel
and in any case no alcohol or other aeromatics are used. Thus it
would be a big experiment to use the same product they use. The spam
cans with bladders all use AV gas which does not contain alcohol.
The Skystar plan to develop a poly tank replacement was the best way
to go - oh well.
Regards, Paul
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At 11:34 PM 5/31/2006, you wrote:
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The rumor about aluminum fuel tanks to being perfect is quite
true. I re-sloshed one of my tanks about 2 months ago. It was
better for about a week. Now it is dripping. Probably a seam opening up.
As someone mentioned, the race car set make all sorts of tanks
with bladders and foam fillers as a matter of course and think of
the fuel tank as a minor problem rather than a major problem. But
then they don't have them inside the wing and covered with fabric and paint.
Jim Shumaker
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