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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 7:53 pm    Post subject: polyethylene tanks and fuel ports (used to be in-line filte Reply with quote

On 7/20/2014 3:49 PM, Sacha wrote:

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But it turns out my wing tanks are not made of resin after all; a friend who is more knowledgeable than me in these matters told me they look like they are polyethylene, or maybe a kind of nylon, like the Kitfox header tank.   So gluing will be difficult and I’m not sure glassing them will work either:
It's true. Nothing sticks reliably to polyethylene. It has to be welded.
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Instead of finger strainers on each wing, I’m thinking of fitting a single finger strainer to the header tank.  It looks like this can be done without too much difficulty if I can tin-solder some brass mesh to the fuel port (the finger strainers they sell at ACS seem to be made that way… in fact I’m having trouble finding brass mesh so I may have to cut some from one of the ACS strainers).
I think the ACS strainers use steel mesh. Call them, they should be able to tell you.

Guy Buchanan
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Kitfox IV-1200 / 912-S / Warp 3cs / 500 hrs. and grounded
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:55 pm    Post subject: polyethylene tanks and fuel ports (used to be in-line filte Reply with quote

I have one here and it looks like bronze or brass. It's tin-soldered to a 1/2" male 3/8" female NPT fitting.

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On Jul 21, 2014, at 5:53, Guy Buchanan <gebuchanan(at)cox.net> wrote:

I think the ACS strainers use steel mesh.


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