[NSRCA-discussion] SODA BOTTLE FUEL TANK

[dwaynenancy]

The fellow that worked with Pepsi on that in Dallas is Clarance Payne, a 
fellow modeller.  I've known him since the middle 60's when he was in 
high school and we met at Bobbye Hall's Hobby Shop.  Dwayne

Wayne Galligan wrote:

> FYI...   I had a conversation with a flying friend the other day about the
> soda bottle fuel tanks and the way they shrink.  He happens to work for
> Pepsi and explained to me that the bottles are blow molded.  He said 
> if they
> are not used with in a certain period of time that the memory in the 
> plastic
> takes over and they will shrink in size and then they have to discard the
> old bottles.  The carbonized soda keeps the shape of the bottle till used.
> He said that most likely the nitro content speeds up the process and could
> explain why some of you using them with higher then 15% nitro are
> experiencing this phenomenon.
> So.... drink another one.... rinse and fill.
>
> Wayne Galligan
>
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