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When the lines are running through the wood support (not just tacked to a side of it), I've had good results with a small dab of RTV silicone, esp after lightly sanding the aluminum tubing & wiping w/ alcohol. <BR><BR>
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To: nsrca-discussion@lists.f3a.us<BR>From: gfowler@raytheon.com<BR>Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:14:03 -0500<BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Aluminum fuel lines<BR><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Epoxy...NOT 5 or 15 minute.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR><BR><BR>Gray Fowler<BR>Senior Principal Chemical Engineer<BR>Radomes and Specialty Apertures<BR>Technical Staff Composites Engineering<BR>Raytheon</FONT> <BR><BR><BR>
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<TD width="40%"><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B>John Konneker <jlkonn@hotmail.com></B> </FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Sent by: nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.f3a.us</FONT>
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<TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>I have finally reached the point all the mods I wanted to do to last year's Focus are complete.<BR>Now the reassembly.<BR>In one of many attempts to reduce the planes weight I want to shorten my fuel lines by moving my fuel dots and also by substituting<BR>aluminum tubing for fuel line where I can on the long runs. What's the best way to anchor the aluminum? Glue balsa standoff blocks to the<BR>fuse sides and run the tubing through the blocks? What kind of adhesive will hold the best since I am sure some small amount of surface<BR>oxidation will occur causing some glues to work better than others.<BR>Thanks!<BR>JLK</FONT><TT><FONT size=2>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</FONT></TT> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></body>
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