[NSRCA-discussion] SODA BOTTLE FUEL TANK

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

Jimmy, pretty much all of those pop blow molded bottles are made of PET. A  
fine, very tough and resilient engineered plastic with terrific memory  built 
in (beats heck out of my memory, fer shure). What you experienced is  
completely expected.
 
Matt
 
 
In a message dated 2/16/2006 5:16:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
jivey61 at bellsouth.net writes:

Wayne
 I just flew the coke bottle tank today and I get 15 minutes on 24  oz of 
fuel.It actually draws fuel down to 1 oz in the tank,doing the Masters  pattern.
The upside is I don't have to fill it full to complete the pattern. The  
weight savings is 2.5 oz using this tank.
 To review...... this was a 33 oz, 1 liter coke bottle' that I  pickled with 
30 % heli for 2 months.
 
Jim Ivey

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  _Wayne Galligan_ (mailto:wgalligan at goodsonacura.com)  
To: _NSRCA Mailing List_ (mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org)  
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 8:28  AM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] SODA  BOTTLE FUEL TANK


Wow!!!  24 oz....    I can fly 15 min. on the 15.9  oz. bottle with my OS 
1.40.  I was wondering why these wide body planes  started getting so popular.... 
got to have'em so you can put a big enough  fuel tank in them.
 
Wayne
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  _jivey61 at bellsouth.net_ (mailto:jivey61 at bellsouth.net)  
To: _NSRCA Mailing List_ (mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org)   
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006  8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] SODA  BOTTLE FUEL TANK


Wayne
 I was getting ready to update my experiment with the 33 oz coke  bottle 
filled with fuel 30%. I let it sit and shrink for 2 months,then  when it appeared 
to stop shrinking I removed the fuel and carefully  measured the volume.The 
bottle started life as 33 oz,1 liter and now  holds 24 oz liquid. Which is 
perfect for a thirsty 160 DZ with a 4 blade  prop.I have it in my Smaragd and will 
fly (test) tomorrow. Should work  fine and no more shrinking.
 
Jim Ivey





 
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