X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 14:48:48 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from rwcrmhc14.comcast.net ([216.148.227.89] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c5) with ESMTP id 922481 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 02 May 2005 13:07:03 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.148.227.89; envelope-from=colwells@comcast.net Received: from office (c-24-23-3-2.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[24.23.3.2]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc14) with SMTP id <2005050217061801400fikmqe>; Mon, 2 May 2005 17:06:19 +0000 From: "Steve/Claudette Colwell" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" X-Original-Cc: Subject: race car foam X-Original-Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 10:06:08 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-reply-to: Thread-Index: AcVPLUzETFNT5DPkRC21K8rBXQSLggACrRoQ X-Original-Message-ID: >Does make one wonder if we should consider better fuel >containment/anti-splash features. > e.g. race cars have foam in the tank, but the foam has to be replaced >every >so many years. Many years ago a Lancair 200 was built with this foam in the tanks. The downside is the Foam will delay water moving to the sump drains. The Foam was removed with great effort and regret. Steve Colwell