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1. 02:33 AM - gas tank float (walt)
2. 05:24 AM - Re: gas tank float (H RULE)
3. 06:57 AM - Re: gas tank float (Dennis Engelkenjohn)
4. 09:50 AM - Re: gas tank float (Rick Holland)
5. 01:21 PM - looking for a wingman Don ? (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC Aerospace Corporation])
6. 01:24 PM - flying into Oshkosh (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC Aerospace Corporation])
7. 02:55 PM - Re: flying into Oshkosh (Don Emch)
8. 03:05 PM - Re: flying into Oshkosh (Don Emch)
9. 06:55 PM - Another Flying Circus picture (Don Emch)
10. 07:08 PM - Re: Another Flying Circus picture (Don Emch)
11. 09:01 PM - NORDO into OSH (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC Aerospace Corporation])
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Friend of mine made me 2 float assy over the years , at different times,
for my two projects.
They've worked flawlessly. And very simple.
Below is his discription.
<<<<<<<<<<<
Walt,
Yes. 1/16" SS rod.
The best epoxy is called, "JB Weld"
It is basically gasoline proof and seals the two 1/16" holes you have to
drill in the ping pong ball.
JB Weld is sold at most auto parts stores...NAPA for instance also
Advance Auto.
I also made some with TWO balls on one rod to get more buoyancy. But if
you keep the SS rod thin and not too long it will float on one ball.
Cook.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
use 1/16" rod from the welding store as the rod.
then I found an old ball point pen that had the brass ink tube, cut and
cleaned that and soldered it into a hole drilled in the fuel cap.
Works absolutely flawlessly!! ( or buy the tube at the hobby store)
You can either drop it to the bottom,cut the rod 1/2" from the top of
tube, and bend it over,,,,,,,,Or set it higher to make a built in
reserve
walt evans
NX140DL
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Subject: | Re: gas tank float |
That's right,they are using enthonal in the gas which will eat that shallac
.I think I coat it in JB weld as that other gentleman wrote when I get back
down to the field.=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom:
Clif Dawson <CDAWSON5854@shaw.ca>=0ATo: pietenpol-list@matronics.com=0ASent
: Friday, April 10, 2009 1:18:20 AM=0ASubject: Re: Pietenpol-List: gas tank
float=0A=0A=0ANOT alcohol! That is the solvent for shellac.=0A-=0Ahttp:/
/antiquerestorers.com/Articles/jeff/shellac.htm=0A-=0AClif=0ASubject: Re:
Pietenpol-List: gas tank float=0A=0Athe corks were originally coated with
many coats of good old-fashioned shellac, which seems to be impervious to a
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Subject: | Re: gas tank float |
TEAM Aircraft used to recommend bending a wire like is used to dip out
colored easter eggs and glue a ping pong ball to it with T-88 to make a
float. Alcohol dissolves the T-88 though. I tried it on my minimax.
dennis
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Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: gas tank float
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Subject: | Re: gas tank float |
Of course in the old days they didn't use 25% of the countries corn crops to
put Ethanol in car gasoline. Don't know how shellac would handle that.
Rick
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Gene Rambo <generambo@msn.com> wrote:
> I've seen a million good responses on here but wanted to throw in one
> that has been missed . . . in the old days, the corks were originally coated
> with many coats of good old-fashioned shellac, which seems to be impervious
> to all fuels and additives.
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> Gene
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> *From:* Rick Holland <at7000ft@gmail.com>
> *To:* pietenpol-list@matronics.com
> *Sent:* Monday, April 06, 2009 10:39 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Pietenpol-List: gas tank float
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> Did you coat that cork with varnish or anything Ed?
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> rick
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> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Ed G. <flyboy_120@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> I'm useing a big cork that I bought at the local Ace hardware. That's what
>> the Aeronca that I fly has for a float and it works fine. Ed G
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>> > Subject: Pietenpol-List: gas tank float
>> > From: rhano@att.net
>> > Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 17:36:15 -0700
>> > To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
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>> > What are you using for a float in your tanks? I guess there are still a
>> lot of car gas tanks that use brass floats on their gage senders and maybe I
>> can check out a friends junkyard and find a good one to use in my fuel
>> tank.any ideas on which models might have the best size and shape to fit
>> into the filler neck and have enough buoyancy to raise the brass rod
>> ?Raymond
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Subject: | looking for a wingman Don ? |
So Don, you are planning the same Brodhead-direct-Oshkosh flight too ? If I can
get my butt out of the tent early enough and packed and the weather is favorable,
I wouldn't mind tagging along with anyone else who might be, like yourself,
thinking of doing that.
I flew loose formation with Jack Phillips from Cleveland to Brodhead in 2005 and
you're right-- it does make the time go much faster and except for driving Jack
nuts with my incessant chatter over the air-to-air frequency we both had the
time of our lives.
Mike C.
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Subject: | flying into Oshkosh |
I did notice in the BPAN newsletter (thank you Doc and Dee) that EAA is all
owing us to land on the ultralight grass runway IF we have a tailskid. Th
at's very cool. And then you can get towed to the parking area by the Hom
ebuilt HQ.
So Don E., will you be flying with a radio via the FISK approach or going N
ORDO from Brodhead to OSH ? I will have my Icom handheld to communicate (
I should say listen) to FISK and the tower at OSH.
Mike C.
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Subject: | Re: flying into Oshkosh |
Hey Mike C,
I haven't studied up on it too much but I would like to try the Brodhead to Oshkosh
direct idea. Most of my cross-country planning seems to be planned a few
minutes before the flight. Draw a line and go. Not really the best idea I suppose.
So I do need to get some time to look over the arrival procedures. I'm
a NORDO. So if I feel the urge to get chatty it usually has to be with myself.
I can yell pretty loud but I usually have to communicate with my wingman
by hand signals. In '07 there were several of us flying together on our way
to Brodhead, I think at one point there were actually 9 airplanes. None had
radios. We seemed to communicate ok, no real problems. Anyway, the gas range
for Brodhead to OSH isn't a problem for me, the butt range is somewhat though.
If I can do a NORDO arrival direct from Brodhead I will but I don't know if
I can do that from that far out.
Ya know, it's only a little over 3 months away!
Don Emch
NX899DE
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Subject: | Re: flying into Oshkosh |
Though I'd throw this shot in from '07. Me trying to take air to air shots while
flying.
Don Emch
NX899DE
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Subject: | Another Flying Circus picture |
Just another picture...
Steve Roth's Fairchild in the background.
Don Emch
NX899DE
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Subject: | Re: Another Flying Circus picture |
Illinois had to be a barnstormers paradise. All those long beautiful fields...
Don, again
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I do believe to be NORDO you need to call the tower from an airport where you are
30 minutes from Wittman Field so calling from Brodhead for a NORDO clearance
wouldn't work. To be 30 minutes (or whatever the real number is in the NOTAM)
from Wittman Field you have to be at Fon Du Lac with a strong tailwind in a Pietenpol:))))
NORDO can sometimes work to your advantage if you want to land on a different runway
that whatever the tower is assigning at OSH. It seems over the years they
like
to use the E-W runways for the radio approaches (wind permitting) and the N-S for
the NORDO guys like we did 10 years ago when they use 36 and the 36 taxiway
as a parallel
36R/18L. If the wind is howling out of the south and they are landing tower airplanes
to the east and NORDO's to the south.....I'm going in NORDO !
Mike C.
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