X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mx2.netapp.com ([216.240.18.37] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4c2a) with ESMTPS id 4834678 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:06:32 -0500 Received-SPF: softfail receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.240.18.37; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,412,1291622400"; d="scan'208";a="513086276" Received: from smtp1.corp.netapp.com ([10.57.156.124]) by mx2-out.netapp.com with ESMTP; 01 Feb 2011 15:05:40 -0800 Received: from [10.62.16.200] (ernestc-laptop.hq.netapp.com [10.62.16.200]) by smtp1.corp.netapp.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/NTAP-1.6) with ESMTP id p11N5dPx006075 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 15:05:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D4891BE.4000705@nc.rr.com> Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:05:34 -0500 From: Ernest Christley Reply-To: echristley@nc.rr.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100623) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Al Tubing in fuel line... References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Patrick wrote: > Bill, > I would suggest taking a propane torch to a piece of scrap aluminum > (beer can) and a piece of stainless. It may affect your comfort level > about aluminum in the engine compartment. > > Personally, I would never use aluminum fuel line in front of the > firewall. > > Patrick If you're going to do that, you might as well include those rubbery pieces of fuel line in the test. And remember, you're telling that to a guy who has the engine mounted to a plastic airplane 8*)