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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Help, intermittent fuel leak ((Solved!!))
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:01:35 -0400
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> 
> From: Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>
> Date: 2005/08/22 Mon PM 05:34:43 EDT
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Help, intermittent fuel leak ((Solved!!))
> 
> Bartrim, Todd wrote:
> 
> > 
> >Do you mean in my plane??? Don't you think a Dyke Delta would be a much
> >better test bed?
> >  
> >
> 
> NO! Gracious, no.
> 
> I was thinking out in the middle of a concrete driveway, or a dirt lot.  
> Away from anything valuable or flammable.
> 
> My concern would be that the powder wouldn't flow down the tube, or that 
> it would all blow out the first hole or two.  I wouldn't be concerned 
> much about the airflow provided stuff comes out the tube in the general 
> area.  Close counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and now fire 
> extinquishers.
> 
> I think your idea is a good one.  I have an old, kitchen type 
> extinquisher, that I keep with my welding equipment.  It's about time to 
> replace it, so it is a prime candidate for such a test.
> 
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I'm suspecting that dry chemical would not flow very well in a long tube. My plan is to use one of the new gasses that replace Halon and are residue free.
Buly