Re: Fuel Tank Strap


Subject:    Re: Fuel Tank Strap
From:    russ kinne (russkinne@mac.com)
Date:    Thu Nov 19 - 11:21 AM
  Mark
We've put 20 and 25-gal tanks in a Cessna tied down  with woven nylon  
or dacron straps. You won't break those.
Russ K

On Nov 19, 2009, at 12:26 PM, mark rinehart wrote:

>
> I'm putting a 20+ gal aluminum fuel tank in my kolb MIII. It rests  
> on a 0.125" thick aluminum tray which is riveted to the fuselage  
> cage.  My question is how to strap to the tray.  Those of you with  
> similar tanks, do you use straps and if so, are they metal or  
> nylon.  I've seen nylon straps used before on an aluminum tank  
> installation but am concerned that they might not be strong enough.
>
> Mark Rinehart
>
>




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