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Conference vmszoo::rc

Title:	Welcome To The Radio Control Conference
Notice:	dir's in 11, who's who in 4, sales in 6, auctions 19
Moderator:	VMSSG::FRIEDRICHS

Created:	Tue Jan 13 1987
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1706
Total number of notes:	27193

1561.0. "FUEL TANK FAB. ?" by POLAR::SIBILLE () Wed Sep 22 1993 11:12

    I'm faced with a problem regarding fuel tanks. I went through the notes
    and did not find what I want so here it is. I'm designing a scale R/C
    of the Yak-15 which is one of the first jet made by the Russian.
    I have only 1/2" on each side of the fan to put fuel tanks and cannot
    find one that thin. I would like to make my own. Can I use the plastic 
    use to make canopy and mold it to my specs. or should I use something
    else?. 
    
    Has anybody of you guys made your own fuel tank and how did you
    do it?.
    
    Thanks
    
    Jacques

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1561.1	Sulivan makes tanks for fans	ELMAGO::RMOUSER	RON MOUSER, ABO/B3,552-2152	`Wed Sep 22 1993 12:43`	4
	Check on Sullivan tanks. They make special ducted fan tanks that wrap around the fan housing and are only about 3/4 of an inch thick. Ron
1561.2	FWIW	GALVIA::ECULLEN	It will never fly, Wright !	`Wed Sep 22 1993 12:44`	5
	Pity you don't have 15/16" as Tower advertise ducted fan tank that would be a starting point. Eric.
1561.3	.	GALVIA::ECULLEN	It will never fly, Wright !	`Wed Sep 22 1993 12:45`	3
	My last note should have said they were Sullivan tanks ! As per .1 Eric
1561.4	TO THICK	POLAR::SIBILLE		`Wed Sep 22 1993 13:42`	5
	Sorry I just have 1/2" to play with. If nothing is available with that size I have to make my own. Jacques
1561.5	???	POLAR::SIBILLE		`Mon Sep 27 1993 12:52`	5
	Has nobody ever made there own fuel tank?? What plastic is used for the existing one on the market?? Jacques
1561.6	Not Easy	LEDS::WATT		`Mon Sep 27 1993 13:34`	7
	Most tanks are made out of Polyethline. This stuff is impossible to glue. I would look for a suitable container in the drug store like a shampoo bottle rather than try to make a tank. If you make one you might have to use metal sheet. I wouldn't want to do it. Charlie
1561.7	STILL FEASIBLE	POLAR::SIBILLE		`Wed Sep 29 1993 13:00`	8
	Polyethylene might be impossible to glue but it is easy to mold. You can get it in liquid form. All you need then is a wax inside mold and a outside mold in any material providing that it is in two half. This should be feasible Jacques
1561.8	Try This	ANGLIN::BEATTY		`Tue Oct 05 1993 17:40`	8
	You could get a piece of styrofoam board at a lumber yard, cut out a piece the rough size you need your tank to be, then sand it to final shape, cover it with fiberglass with your fuel and vent tubes in place, then put gasoline into the finished tank to melt out the styrofoam. This would be cheap and fairly easy to do and you could make the exact shape you need to fill the available space you have. Will