X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from outbound-mail-356.bluehost.com ([66.147.249.250] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with SMTP id 3836451 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:41:12 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.147.249.250; envelope-from=jslade@canardaviation.com Received: (qmail 25023 invoked by uid 0); 4 Sep 2009 15:40:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO host296.hostmonster.com) (66.147.240.96) by outboundproxy7.bluehost.com.bluehost.com with SMTP; 4 Sep 2009 15:40:35 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=canardaviation.com; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Identified-User; b=lGEk1z35qr8n947FzRl6RVtIob8t2QUIuARzYFzmoga92lsEAApvn0x8Z+bteRDXCjAQqDpw/0ZhEC5paC3xRJuecA+2K80WJPpffsHPu3hu6XWqYLq9R+exKx4ShMjm; Received: from c-76-108-115-200.hsd1.fl.comcast.net ([76.108.115.200] helo=[192.168.1.4]) by host296.hostmonster.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mjatu-0007Bd-Ui for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:40:35 -0600 Message-ID: <4AA134D1.4030203@canardaviation.com> Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:40:01 -0400 From: John Slade User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 (Windows/20071210) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Vinay Ester resins References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Identified-User: {3339:host296.hostmonster.com:instanu1:canardaviation.com} {sentby:smtp auth 76.108.115.200 authed with jslade+canardaviation.com} Steve, The stuff I used is was from http://www.fibreglast.com. They're 1110/69-A Vinyl Ester Resin system is used for underground fuel pipes and in aerospace fuel applications. They claim that it's highly resistant to ethanol and other gas additives whatever the percentage mix. Its early days, but I've had no problems with it so far. John Steve Thomas wrote: > Jim, > > A couple of questions for you: > > 1. How is the vinyl ester holding up to the ethanol? Do you have any > ability to inspect the tank interior? > 2. Do you know the percentage of ethanol in the gas you are using? > Here in California it is currently 4.7%, scheduled to go up to 10% in > the near future. > 3. Do you recall what formula of vinyl-ester you used? 411-350? > 411-45? Other? > > There is still a great debate on how ethanol affects even vinyl > ester. I would really appreciate knowing more about your experience. > The Ashland Derakane Chemical Resistance Guide says that the 411 > series of vinyl esters are safe up to 10% ethanol. > > Best Regards, > > Steve Thomas > _______________________________________________________ > > > > > > On Sep 4, 2009, at 6:17 AM, James Maher wrote: > >> I've since switched to a vinyl ester tank. >> >> >> Jim >> Dyke Delta N11XD > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html