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It's time to mount the fuel tanks
I've started to mount the fuel tanks in my project. It is a plans
built wooden aircraft. The plans called for retractable gear that I decided I didn't want on my first plane, so instead Ive made fuel tanks to go in this area of the wing. I have been making brackets when a freind said that his understanding was that the tanks had to be held in by straps not brackets. Would anyone like to share their knowledge? Lou |
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It's time to mount the fuel tanks
"Lou" wrote in news:1175345472.846862.235410
@p15g2000hsd.googlegroups.com: I've started to mount the fuel tanks in my project. It is a plans built wooden aircraft. The plans called for retractable gear that I decided I didn't want on my first plane, so instead Ive made fuel tanks to go in this area of the wing. I have been making brackets when a freind said that his understanding was that the tanks had to be held in by straps not brackets. Would anyone like to share their knowledge? Lou Yes, my project has wood wings and the plans call for two 1 inch wide straps to surround the entire tank, top and bottom with the straps bolted to the spars. A turnbuckle type arangement on the top tensions the straps and suspends the tank above the floor area between the spars. Makes sense to me. A bracket welded or riveted to a tank is going to be but under a lot of stress when the airpalne's maneuvering with a lot of fuel in the tank. Not to mention vibration and what not work hardening the lot. Makes sense to me to strap it in anyway.. Airplanes that have a flange around the tank, like a Cherokee, for instance, have a very large area to distribute the load. that'd mean drilling a lot of holes and some fairly substantial brackets for your wood winged airplane.. |
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