Either I have three wings or I can't add! Rick Wilson wrote:
>Brian, Doesn't 14 gallons in the header and 5 in each >wing add up to 24 gallons instead of 29? Rick Wilson. > >--- Brian Kraut <[email protected]> wrote: > >>14 gallons in the header and 5 gallons in each wing. >> I could have >>probably gone a few more gallons in the wings but 29 >>gallons should be >>more than sufficient unless you are building a >>single seater with a big >>fuel hungry engine. >> >>Oh, one thing I forgot. The forward control cable >>for the aileron runs >>just behind the forward spar so you obviously need >>to cut the foam there >>so the cable doesn't hit the tank. I had my plane >>hanging upside down >>so the elevator hung in the full up position which >>meant the stick was >>full back and the aileron cable was in the full >>forward position. I >>almost didn't realize that the cable was going to >>rub against the glass >>on the tank when I pulled the stick back. Make sure >>you have clearance >>with the stick in any position. >> >>I also put a vent tube in each tank. I drilled a >>1/4" hole at the >>forward corner of the tank in the bottom and floxed >>in a piece of >>aluminum tube that was bent forward on the bottom of >>the wing. >> >>I also made an indention on the back corner of the >>bottom foam plate and >>after it was glassed I took out some foam and >>epoxied in an aluminum >>fuel tank flange so I could put in a strainer. >> >>Max Hardberger wrote: >> >> >Thanks, Brian. You have given me hope. What was >>your total fuel capacity >> >when finished (header plus wing tanks)? >> > >> >Max >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>see KRnet list details at >> >http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > >===== >Rick Wilson, Haleyville, Alabama KR2-0200A -99% [email protected] > > > > >
