[NSRCA-discussion] SODA BOTTLE FUEL TANK

[brian young]

Could you warm that material in an oven to acheive the same result?
   
  Maybe fill it w/ something to hold the shape but let it shrink.

Rcmaster199 at aol.com wrote:
        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 
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  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 
  To: NSRCA Mailing List 
  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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