Fuel/Water, Bearing/Rust

[Del Rykert]

When the snow crunches under your footsteps and it hurts your nose to breath
in as your nostrils start to freeze..  Oh .. And u DO NOT touch anything
metallic with your bare hand...

    del

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henderson,Eric" <Eric.Henderson at gartner.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:58 PM
Subject: RE: Fuel/Water, Bearing/Rust


What do you call cold?



-----Original Message-----
From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
[mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Troy Newman
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:51 PM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: Re: Fuel/Water, Bearing/Rust


A Bass nipple is what a baby bass feeds on until he is big enough to eat
worms....

Geeez Bob I figured a country boy like you would know that one!

I just checked out my Singin' Billy Bass and he doesn't have any but I think
its cause he's a boy!

Levin's the cold weather in Atlanta, almost reminds me of home in Colorado.

Troy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Pastorello" <rcaerobob at cox.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: Fuel/Water, Bearing/Rust


> What's a "bass nipple" ?
>
> Bob Pastorello, Oklahoma
> NSRCA 199, AMA 46373
> rcaerobob at cox.net
> www.rcaerobats.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wayne Galligan" <wgalligan at goodsonacura.com>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 1:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Fuel/Water, Bearing/Rust
>
>
> > and the bass nipples at the fuel inlets
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Alan Simmonds" <alan at gspceilings.com>
> > To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:15 PM
> > Subject: RE: Fuel/Water, Bearing/Rust
> >
> >
> > > Bob
> > >
> > > Don't forget the big brass jet in the Mintor carb.
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
[mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
> > > On Behalf Of Bob Pastorello
> > > Sent: 05 December 2003 13:58
> > > To: discussion at nsrca.org
> > > Subject: Re: Fuel/Water, Bearing/Rust
> > >
> > >
> > > Also, most clunks I've seen lately aren't brass-looking.  They
> > > apparently are plated and look shiny-brite metal.  I've drilled some
of
> > > them, to find they're brass underneath.  So that sort of begs the
> > > question, WHY would fuel tank manufacturers add the expense of plating
a
> > > KLUNK ??
> > >     My Mintor setup has no brass that I can see; it will be
interesting
> > > to see how this goes.  Has an MK tank, aluminum tubes, nylon tees in
> > > lines. Plated clunk in the tank.
> > >
> > > Bob Pastorello, Oklahoma
> > > NSRCA 199, AMA 46373
> > > rcaerobob at cox.net
> > > www.rcaerobats.net
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Brian Young" <b4598070 at yahoo.com>
> > > To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 7:45 AM
> > > Subject: RE: Fuel/Water, Bearing/Rust
> > >
> > >
> > > > Cant remember if the fuel needed the water in it to
> > > > break down into acetic acid..anyone recall?   ;0
> > > >
> > > > I have had older brass clunks corrode the nipple off
> > > > at the end of the tubing.....I have noticed the little
> > > > green brass particles plugging up the ports on some of
> > > > my engines....always wondered why they used the brass
> > > > for this stuff. I use plastic or aluminum if I can,
> > > > and steel clunk if available.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- Dwayne & Nancy <dwaynenancy at cox.net> wrote:
> > > > > Bob, Joe said that blaming water in the fuel as the
> > > > > cause of bearing
> > > > > rust was a "folk tale".  The cause was the fuel
> > > > > decomposing into acetic
> > > > > acid (vinegar).  The decomposition is caused by the catalytic
effect
> > >
> > > > > of the brass components inside the fuel tank.  Joe
> > > > > tried leaving bearings
> > > > > in several brands of fuel for four months without
> > > > > any rust forming.  You
> > > > > should read the magazine more carefully.  You can't
> > > > > tell when something
> > > > > valuable with show up.  <VBG>  Dwayne
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
> > > > > [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
> > > > > On Behalf Of Bob Pastorello
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 8:25 PM
> > > > > To: discussion at nsrca.org
> > > > > Subject: Re: Fuel/Water, Bearing/Rust
> > > > >
> > > > > Okay - Matt - since my MA already found it's way to
> > > > > the shredder....
> > > > >     WHAT did he say about rust protection?
> > > > >
> > > > > Bob Pastorello, Oklahoma
> > > > > NSRCA 199, AMA 46373
> > > > > rcaerobob at cox.net
> > > > > www.rcaerobats.net
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: Rcmaster199 at aol.com
> > > > > To: discussion at nsrca.org
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 6:11 PM
> > > > > Subject: Fuel/Water, Bearing/Rust
> > > > >
> > > > > The diatribe of the last week or so on this list has
> > > > > been, shall we say,
> > > > > rather........ interesting, (except for the news
> > > > > about Kirk Gray, that's
> > > > > plain sad). It's time for something new.
> > > > >
> > > > > In this month's Model Aviation, Joe Wagner talks
> > > > > about experiments he
> > > > > has run with a trusty old engine. He ran baseline performance data
> > > > > with his regular fuel and then he added water in his fuel
> > > > > to see how badly
> > > > > performance would be affected. His results where
> > > > > very interesting. Shall
> > > > > we say that he made chopped meat out of that "sacred
> > > > > cow".
> > > > >
> > > > > He also briefly touches on what really is the root
> > > > > cause of bearing
> > > > > rust. Even the uninitiated should find that
> > > > > interesting. Could a
> > > > > solution to all of your OS bearing woes be this
> > > > > simple?
> > > > >
> > > > > There, that ought to whet your whistle.
> > > > >
> > > > > Matt K
> > > > >
> > > >
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