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Mon 03/26/18


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     1. 08:01 AM - Re: Mk3 Xtra Fuel Tank Install.... (Richard Girard)
     2. 08:28 PM - Re: Mk3 Xtra Fuel Tank Install.... (Richard Pike)
 
 
 


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    Time: 08:01:00 AM PST US
    From: Richard Girard <aslsa.rng@gmail.com>
    Subject: Re: Mk3 Xtra Fuel Tank Install....
    I have the standard plastic tanks in my Mk 3. It was the bending over that just did me in trying to fuel and after several tries I came up with this. It's mostly PVC pipe with some odds and ends from strategic resources (junk pile). The legs are titanium from a piece of tubing from Boeing Surplus and the fittings are some old hang glider parts. Works well and prevents spills . Rick On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 2:35 PM, John Hauck <jhauck@elmore.rr.com> wrote: > > We built an 18 gal aluminum tank for my original Firestar. Made the fuel > fill from PVC and chrome plated brass P-Trap. Ran the fill pipe back to > the > top rear of the fuselage under the engine or to one side of the engine. > Can't remember for sure. Last time I flew it was 28 years ago last week. > > We built a 25 gal aluminum tank for my MKIII. I fill it through the top > rear of the center section. Pain in the butt to remove and install cente r > section, but that is a task I seldom am required to do. > > Used a sight gauge for both Kolbs secured to the rear bulkhead so I > could/can easily see the fuel level. Very accurate and fail safe, I hope . > > john h > mkIII > Titus, Alabama > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com > [mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of k3x > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2018 12:05 PM > To: kolb-list@matronics.com > Subject: Kolb-List: Mk3 Xtra Fuel Tank Install.... > > > Dennis at the Kolb facility is making up an aluminum 18 gal. tank for the > 3X > . I'm not fond of a fill in the interior of a fuselage so am looking for > ideas for an exterior fill. Rural nature of use will require fueling fro m > cans at least half the time so underwing location doesn't seem too > feasible..... has there been any success mounting one below the engine > through the aft flat area of the fuselage or vertically through the cente r > section? At this point the tank and fuselage fittings can be located > wherever works best. > Mike Cranson > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=478844#478844 > > =========== =========== =========== =========== =========== > > -- =9CBlessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.=9D Groucho Marx <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/43244.Groucho_Marx>


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    Time: 08:28:42 PM PST US
    Subject: Re: Mk3 Xtra Fuel Tank Install....
    From: "Richard Pike" <thegreybaron@charter.net>
    rickofudall wrote: > I have the standard plastic tanks in my Mk 3. It was the bending over that > just did me in trying to fuel and after several tries I came up with this. > It's mostly PVC pipe with some odds and ends from strategic resources (junk > pile). The legs are titanium from a piece of tubing from Boeing Surplus and > the fittings are some old hang glider parts. Works well and prevents spills PSSSTT! Rick! The picture! You forgot the picture! Rick! Rick? You OK Bro? Talk to me Rick! -------- Richard Pike Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) Kingsport, TN 3TN0 Forgiving is tough, being forgiven is wonderful, and God's grace really is amazing. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=478877#478877




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