Can I just add that In a properly balanced turn the fuel will never uncover the fuel pickups!!!!!! gravity has nothing to do with it. It's only when the ball isn't cantered properly this can happen, and also baffles won't stop anything except slosh in the tanks.
Gav ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "KRnet" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 10:33 AM Subject: Re: KR> PVC Fuel tanks/ alum tubes > Larry > > I think that there some people that are aware of the Grumman AA1 which had a > spar and wing tank of just the very thing. I remember that I was told that > because of the gravity in manuvers that you could run the risk of fuel > starvation. Well, I tend not to think that way what with the baffleing and > that mesh-net that can be put into the tank. I think that the Grumman AA1 > had baffles in the tank. And, the new extended range tanks for the AA1 are > 8" dia. agri irrigation pipes. I just think that the whole conversation > about the use of auto gas would come to a hualt with the use of the pipes as > fuel tanks. > > And it sure seems that with baffleing, the starvation would be cured. > > Greg Martin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "larry flesner" <[email protected]> > To: "KRnet" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 4:46 PM > Subject: KR> PVC Fuel tanks/ alum tubes > > > > Instead of using PVC wing tanks we > > >could use aluminum thin walled agricultural tubing. the stuff used in the > > >giant traveling irrigators. It comes in standard sizes from 2 to 12 inch > > >diameter, from .050 to 094 wall thickness. << > > >++++++++++ > > >>You just won "most useful post" with that one! > > ++++++++++++++++++++=>++ > > >I agree, but with a question. Would the "explosafe" type foam filler act > as > > >a baffle? if not, what would we use for slosh baffles? > > >Allen G. Wiesner > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > How about a small diameter alum tube with disc welded on at > > several locations slipped inside the larger tube. If the smaller > > tube were hollow and had a number of holes in it you'd not > > lose much capasity. The disc would be self centering and > > rather light if they had several 1/2" diameter holes. > > > > Larry Flesner > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
