Good day Bob, my tank is not leaking.....yet. Just a very pronounced bulge o
n the front wall interfering with the Aileron Cross Rod. While the vent is c
lear, Living in Las Vegas in the summer is like flying in a convection oven.
Has been averaging about 110=99 (42=99) temperature wise these p
ast few weeks and will stay like that for a few more. I am going to try heat
ing up the empty tank and then some reverse pressure in the form of an expan
ding (over a few days) brace.
As for your tank, best wishes in that the =9Cscraping=9D is succ
essful.
Mike Duane
N377EA
Europe XS Conventional Gear
Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 5, 2018, at 4:13 AM, Bob Harrison <ptag.dev@talktalk.net> wrote:
>
> Hi! Roland,
> Just picked up your leaking tank Messages from my Junk List and tried to t
ransfer them to my Inbox to send you my commiserations, but they have vanish
ed into cyber space!
> Sad to hear your message about your Europa tank.
> If your trailer was outside in the current heat and not white reflective t
he temps inside would be baking ? Also was the vent clear to allow expansio
n inside the closed off fuel system ? sometimes with my aluminium long range
system I have been known to leave its own vent closed and it contains a ver
y high pressure due to weather expansion, so it is a factor , but alas too l
ate for your incident any way. Whilst it is a major job to replace the exist
ing tank it has been done in the past so I wouldn=99t jump into the a
luminium route before major considerations of availability etc. One thing i
s certain and that is provided it is all done in a very controlled way the r
esin issue will cure quickly but you must do it to the book since the cross m
ember is a major structural item .
> Sad to hear your message though .......=9Dbest made plans of mice an
d men=9D comes to mind.
> Regards
> Bob Harrison G-PTAG
> PS look on the bright side .........my =9Ctank=9D (bladder) ha
s cancer back after 5 years and I go for what I hope is a scrape out on 23rd
August !
> Best wishes.
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