A fuel dump option is not a real option. It takes lots of time to dump fuel. The A 6 Intruder had wing and fuselage dumps and it took many minutes to dump it. And then when you are finished dumping all of your fuel you are a glider.

A good idea to consider is fuel safe fittings that seal when a fuel  line is broken. Used on helicopters.

Jeff

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On Dec 29, 2010, at 8:21 PM, Lorn H Olsen <lorn@dynacomm.us> wrote:

Colyn,

I looked at the sight and can't find out any information about how much room (volumetric) the foam occupies, weighs and costs. I think that all of these pieces of information are important. I hate it when a company only tells you how good their product is and leaves out all of the other important information.

I would hate to double my weight and cut my fuel in half, all for a lot of money.

After all, if the money were not important, why not just buy the T-1A trainer. It already has the foamed tanks.

Do you know any of this information?

Lorn

From: Colyn Case <colyncase@earthlink.net>
Date: December 28, 2010 9:53:34 PM EST

I'm wondering if anyone has researched/thought about fuel containment in the event of a crash.
For example, I have foam in my aux tank because it was made by fuel safe and that's just the way they make their tanks. I didn't put any foam in my main tanks. But here's a possibility:

http://www.crestfoam.com/intro.html

A fuel dump option might also be interesting but that leaves highly explosive fumes in the tanks.....

thoughts?

Colyn

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