Return-Path: Received: from [129.116.87.171] (HELO MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c1) with ESMTP id 722080 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:36:36 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=129.116.87.171; envelope-from=mark.steitle@austin.utexas.edu X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C50ECD.CC6FBF7D" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Ellison, the missing piece Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:35:51 -0600 Message-ID: <87DBA06C9A5CB84B80439BA09D86E69EC07F2B@MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Ellison, the missing piece Thread-Index: AcUOym9IkxxhNLsHTu+n7Z2IKchKgwAAxd+w From: "Mark R Steitle" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C50ECD.CC6FBF7D Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Rusty, You won't find any cheap plastic fittings on my (plastic) airplane. ;-)> =20 Mark=20 Lancair ES (Do not archive) =20 ________________________________ Example- I restored a 65 Corvette years ago, and had a Holley double pumper carb. I had a T fitting that split the fuel supply to go to both bowls. This fitting happened to be plastic, and worked fine for as long as I owned the car. Eventually, I sold it, and build an AC Cobra replica, also with a Holley double pumper, and the same T fitting. I drove this for a year or so, then one day smelled fuel, and opened the hood to see fuel spraying out of that fitting. The station I always bought gas from had a big sign out front advertising some new wizbang additive, which apparently attacked the plastic. Rest assured that I immediately made a frantic call to the guy who bought my Corvette. =20 =20 Just wanted to give everyone something else to worry about :-) =20 Rusty=20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C50ECD.CC6FBF7D Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

Rusty,

You won’t find any cheap = plastic fittings on my (plastic) airplane.  = ;-)>

 

Mark

Lancair = ES

(Do not = archive)

 

Example- I restored a 65 Corvette = years ago, and had a Holley double pumper carb.  I had a T fitting that = split the fuel supply to go to both bowls.  This fitting happened to be = plastic, and worked fine for as long as I owned the car.  Eventually, I sold = it, and build an AC Cobra replica, also with a Holley double pumper, and the = same T fitting.  I drove this for a year or so, then one day smelled fuel, = and opened the hood to see fuel spraying out of that fitting.  The = station I always bought gas from had a big sign out front advertising some new = wizbang additive, which apparently attacked the plastic.  Rest assured that = I immediately made a frantic call to the guy who bought my Corvette. 

 

Just wanted to give everyone = something else to worry about :-)

 

Rusty

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