Gas Helicopter Fuel Tank Plumbing - My Way

[carey shurley]

generally I replace all fuel tubing every year or so......just because

I've had some of the tubing sitting submerged in fuel now for about 4 months. Its just sitting there, still flexible

now, to be fair, its lantern fuel. I don't run gasoline

[al_voisine]

Great thread!

Should be sticky-ed.

AL

[al_voisine]

Thanks, Carey

Great Thread, should be sticky-ed!

Al

[carey shurley]

I've been trying to take a different approach on this forum, rather than sticky stuff that I think is important, I keep the Index, which IS in the sticky section up to date

If the forum ever supports adding thumbnails to the topics, that will be a more clear way for folks too see what the topics are at a glance

[ben_beyer]

Originally Posted by carey shurley

generally I replace all fuel tubing every year or so......just because

I've had some of the tubing sitting submerged in fuel now for about 4 months. Its just sitting there, still flexible

now, to be fair, its lantern fuel. I don't run gasoline

Are you still using the Zenoah line in the tank or is it Tygon now too?

[carey shurley]

no I continue to use the black fuel line that comes with Zenoah motors.

[blade77]

Thankyou for a great post with clear explanation - I will use this info on my helibug

[carey shurley]

great! I'll admit the approach is more complex than it could be, but it works every time and takes one more thing out of the potential problem list