David Moyer
--- On Sun, 4/5/09, John Slade <sladerj@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: John Slade <sladerj@sbcglobal.net> Subject: [FlyRotary] MGS Epoxy and Ethanol To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 9:33 PM Just in case anyone is thinking that fuel tanks made with MGS epoxy will stand up to prolonged auto-gas / ethanol exposure, I'm here to tell you that they won't. I'm in the process of removing and replacing the inner skins in both fuel tanks on my Cozy IV. See http://forum.canardaviation.com/showthread.php?t=4594 for a detailed report and pictures. I'll post more pictures on my web site when the repair job is complete. Chris Barber - we need to buy each other a beer :) John -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html
From: John Slade <sladerj@sbcglobal.net> Subject: [FlyRotary] MGS Epoxy and Ethanol To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 9:33 PM Just in case anyone is thinking that fuel tanks made with MGS epoxy will stand up to prolonged auto-gas / ethanol exposure, I'm here to tell you that they won't. I'm in the process of removing and replacing the inner skins in both fuel tanks on my Cozy IV. See http://forum.canardaviation.com/showthread.php?t=4594 for a detailed report and pictures. I'll post more pictures on my web site when the repair job is complete. Chris Barber - we need to buy each other a beer :) John -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html
Just in case anyone is thinking that fuel tanks made with MGS epoxy will stand up to prolonged auto-gas / ethanol exposure, I'm here to tell you that they won't. I'm in the process of removing and replacing the inner skins in both fuel tanks on my Cozy IV. See http://forum.canardaviation.com/showthread.php?t=4594 for a detailed report and pictures. I'll post more pictures on my web site when the repair job is complete. Chris Barber - we need to buy each other a beer :) John -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html