Coke Bottle Fuel Tank

[Jeff Hughes]

I'd be a little concerned that your leaching the plasticizers out of the 
bottle and gumming up your engines.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "wgalligan" <wgalligan at cnbcom.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: Coke Bottle Fuel Tank


>I am using Cool Power 15% and my bottle is still the same size as when I
> installed.  Must be the componants of the fuel your using.   Interesting 
> non
> the less.
>
> Wayne
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Ramsey" <don.ramsey at cox.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 9:27 PM
> Subject: Re: Coke Bottle Fuel Tank
>
>
>> 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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