Hmmm that is true, though I do have a real small tank too so there is alot of weight savings there. Guess it all depends on several factors. I guess if I was going the two place route I would worry more about it as tyring to lug 300-400lbs of humans then every single pound saved counts.
I won't ever have that extra 150-200 lbs in my plane. Guess I would have to weigh the benifits of a thicker firewall vs the thinner one. I had also planned to put in roll bars to go over my head in the back (incase it lands on the top) and have those bars to all the way to the firewall (to offer a little more structural support in case of crash without it collapsing on me). Not sure if that is going to be over kill (at least the bars going all the way to the firewall). Joe On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Mark Langford <m...@n56ml.com> wrote: > Joe Fuentes wrote: > > >>Was reading though the plans, and it seems it was supposed to have > cooking > foil thin firewall, .005, gezz that is thin!! No wonder it peeled off with > my fingers. I'm going with stainless steel at .035 yea a little more > weight, > but...<< > > I thought exactly the same thing, so I ordered some .016" stainless. I > took > it out of the box and said "geeeez, this is way too heavy!", and I still > have it leaning up against the wall. If the .005" and lightweight > fiberfrax > does the job, anything else is dead weight. I think it was .004" that I > found eventually, backed it with 1/8" fiberfrax, and I'm pretty happy with > that. A little quick math shows you're talking 8.5 pounds vs my .98 > pounds. > Some KR and Corvair folks would donate an organ to save 7.5 pounds... > > Mark Langford > ML at N56ML.com > website at http://www.N56ML.com <http://www.n56ml.com/> > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -- Jose Fuentes Founding Father (one of and former Vice Prez) of Capital City.NET User's Group Former Microsoft MVP http://blogs.aspadvice.com/jfuentes
