X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao104.cox.net ([68.230.241.42] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.11) with ESMTP id 3436033 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:54:43 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.42; envelope-from=alventures@cox.net Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmmtao104.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20090121005403.GLLC11567.fed1rmmtao104.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:54:03 -0500 Received: from BigAl ([72.192.137.74]) by fed1rmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id 60u11b00K1cVYgg040u18p; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:54:01 -0500 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=lIvV11iGsWN5mVgKW0cA:9 a=6wHLBNuq8W27Db5VyHzg4Oaj11cA:4 a=gJcimI5xSWUA:10 a=0NxUKCXPfu6nvaFBn9oA:9 a=qRq29jZE2uhOpEVi5ZUA:7 a=rT4B2RNwAPbAmgqARbprTrpz-HkA:4 a=AfD3MYMu9mQA:10 X-CM-Score: 0.00 From: "Al Gietzen" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: KIS epoxy type Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:55:57 -0800 Message-ID: <30980CB06D6A4B86B4346DC8EAB3DE71@BigAl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000E_01C97B1F.F70321B0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C97B1F.F70321B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 Bill; =20 The current issue of Contact! magazine has an article regarding serious damage to the epoxy fuel tanks on a KIS that the author (Larry David) concluded was the result of using 10% ethanol fuel. He didn't specify = what type of epoxy was used, and his response to my e-mail to him was that he = did not build the plane and didn't know what epoxy was specified for the = KIS. =20 It is of interest since Chris, our rotary powered Velocity friend, had a similar nightmare with his fuel tanks. Thought maybe you'd know. In Chris's case it was Jeffco coating over EZ-poxy that peeled off. In = this case it was 'whatever' epoxy coating over 'whatever' epoxy; and the = fillets under the coating, and the wing spar were also damaged. Perhaps you are familiar with the case. =20 Al G ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C97B1F.F70321B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 

Bill;

 

The current issue of Contact! magazine has an = article regarding serious damage to the epoxy fuel tanks on a KIS that the = author (Larry David) concluded was the result of using 10% ethanol fuel.  He = didn’t specify what type of epoxy was used, and his response to my e-mail to = him was that he did not build the plane and didn’t know what epoxy was = specified for the KIS.

 

It is of interest since Chris, our rotary powered = Velocity friend, had a similar nightmare with his fuel tanks.  Thought maybe = you’d know.  In Chris’s case it was Jeffco coating over EZ-poxy = that peeled off.  In this case it was ‘whatever’ epoxy = coating over ‘whatever’ epoxy; and the fillets under the coating, and the = wing spar were also damaged.  Perhaps you are familiar with the = case.

 

Al G

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