Coke Bottle Fuel Tank

[Don Ramsey]

Wayne,

The one I got from you has shrunk as much as mine did.  Quess it's the Mag 
2.  I'll get it back to you in Lubbock.

Don

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Galligan" <wgalligan at goodsonacura.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 6:09 PM
Subject: Coke Bottle Fuel Tank


> 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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