KR> New wing skin idea - Fuel tanks

2014-02-16 Thread Larry Flesner
At 02:15 PM 2/16/2014, you wrote: >How fuel resistant is PVC, ABS? Drain pipe ABS is really strong and >fairly light. Peter + Bill Clapp used PVC pipe for fuel tanks and found the fuel would slowly "weep" through the pipe.

KR> New wing skin idea - Fuel

2014-02-16 Thread peter
Nope. http://www.gilsoneng.com/reference/ChemRes.pdf peter One idea that occurred to me, was that a sufficiently large-diameter PVC pipe,

KR> New wing skin idea - Fuel

2014-02-16 Thread peter
How fuel resistant is PVC, ABS? Drain pipe ABS is really strong and fairly light. Peter One idea that occurred to me, was that a sufficiently large-diameter PVC pipe,

KR> New wing skin idea - Fuel

2014-02-16 Thread Dave_A
One idea that occurred to me, was that a sufficiently large-diameter PVC pipe, properly sealed & run through the space between the leading edge and the front spar would make an ideal fuel tank... However, since I got my KR project with the wings prebuilt and a large header tank in place, I'm