Coke Bottle Fuel Tank

[Wayne Galligan]

Well I have to say I had a grand time at my first NATS.   Something I
dreamed about going to since reading about it when it was in Lake Charles LA
back in the 70's I believe.  I got initiated with the proverbial mechanical
issues that never seem to be a problem at local contests and then I was
nearly DQ'd for not being ready at the line(read the lineup wrong) but made
it with 10 sec's to spare.

The Coke bottle fuel tank got a lot of talk and Don Ramsey ended up getting
my spare.  This was Todd Blose and B.W. Ponders idea from last years NATS to
save making weight.  I expanded on this by using the rubber stopper and back
from my Du-Bro tank and just screwing it to the regular cap  Seems he used
one of the water bottle variety and it is obviously made of a different
plastic then the Coke bottle.  Don's bottle was actually shrinking.  After a
dead stick on his final maneuver and just barely making it back to the
runway he discovered he was out of fuel.  On further review he noticed his
tank had shrunk quite a bit.   The one I have in my plane is almost 4 weeks
old and is holding its shape OK.  Good news is its just a matter of
polishing off another Coke and rinsing out the bottle to replace it.

Nice to put faces with all the posts.

Smooth Flying...

Wayne Galligan
NSRCA 3582  D6 ADV.


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