Hour 80 - Putting It All Together

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Hour 80 - Putting It All Together

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In this video, I am putting all of the pieces of my main tank jig together. Not much to report here as I think the video speaks for itself. However, I was pleased to see that my LAST-A foam looked like it would hold its shape nicely in the mold!

Of course, now that I have it all together, I see a much better way of constructing one of these.

I plan to write an article about this in my first issue of Q-talk. I may even draw some templates for others to use if I get the time. So stay tuned! As always I invite your feedback below, or in the forums!

Comments (2)

|Y-m-d H:i:s Mike Evans - Main fuel tank build

Hi Dan,

As you may remember, I bought my Tri-Q200 pretty well finished, except that main tank had
leaked, and it had been torn out.

The seller had bought the foam to re-do the tank, but I used a little of it to build a
hot-box for resin and found that it was very flakey! Even tho the resin bonded to the
foam, the foam just flaked, allowing the glass to peel off. Glad I didn't use it!

I've decided to delay my tank until you write your article! Really appreciate it. I
guess I'll order some last-a-foam in the meantime. Pretty well given up the idea of
aluminum tank.

I have also abandoned the idea of directly viewable fuel gauges - I'm just too concerned
about them breaking in an accident and spilling fuel into cockpit - scary thought! I hope
I've gotten conservative enough in my old age not to do the stupid things I did as a young
pilot.

Mike

|Y-m-d H:i:s Daniel Yager - The Right Choice. . .

Hey Mike,

Thanks for checking in. I will probably need to write a multiple part article about
putting this all together. I think you made the right choice by not going with aluminum.

The "per plans" tanks will work just fine, you just need to find a way to ensure
good flox squeeze out all the way around.

I also like the LAST-A foam. It's supposed to fuel proof as well.

My first issue of Q-talk will be coming out at the end of the month.

Cheers,

Dan Yager

www.quickheads.com