From: Fredmoreno@aol.com
Message-ID: <dee00abe.245bde67@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 00:34:47 EDT
Subject: Oxygen bottle location and belly paint - LIV
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For the non pressurized IV, plan for a large oxygen bottle.  Mike DeHate had 
a good idea.  He mounted the large Kevlar bottle available from 
Lancair/Mountain High cross ways in front of the main spar under his thighs.  
It interferes only slightly with foot room, and only when you pull your feet 
way back.  It also moves the CG a bit forward compared to other 
installations.  You can see the pressure gage directly, turn the bottle off 
and on directly, and easily remove the bottle with a couple of bank clamps.  
I plan to use the same installation location with the Mountain High 
electronic oxygen dispensers mounted in the side walls in recesses with 
adjacent recesses for the hoses and masks.

I recommend painting the inside of the belly anywhere hydraulic fluid could 
squirt out and soak into the carbon core.  I used System 3 water based white 
epoxy primer because it is water based (no odor or solvents needed), easy to 
work, dries with a semigloss finish, and can be brushed on.  Two coats works 
just fine to seal the core, and it has proven durable.  One quart from 
Aircraft Spruce will be more than adequate.  Alternate is the Poly Fiber 
Smooth Prime water based primer, but it dries flat white.  Paint late in the 
assembly process after you are sure have bonded all your brackets, etc., as 
it is tough to sand off when you want to bond something. I also painted the 
area under the hydraulic pump aft of bulkhead 171 for the same reason.  

Fred Moreno
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