Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "walt evans"
A good tight weave like 7781 will make a good tank, plus it's a satin weavewhich makes the compound curves and corners more easily formed. I thinkany epoxy will work, but Derakane (epoxy based vinyl ester) has a betterchemical resistance plus you work it just like polyester or bondo, (justadd a dab of mek peroxide to the resin) it kicks off fast. EZ-Poxy 10 plusEZ-83 hardener has a track record of over 35 years usage as a glass/epoxygas tank in canard-pusher Rutan type aircraft.Gordon Bowen________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 18:02:16 -0500

Original Posted By: Pilots4ETW(at)wmconnect.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Fiberglass Gas Tank QuestionI'm using the West system and ordered my supplies from Aircraft Spruce. I'm building one fuel tank (center section) using the lost foam method. A second tank in the center section (smaller) will be used for baby oil so I can out-smoke Chuck Gantzer. My fuselage tank will be built not from lost foam, butfrom a female (waxed) mold. I already had access to the gas tank mold and am too lazy to build one from scratch for the center section tanks.________________________________________________________________________________