Fred et al,
Back in 2010, Ian Rickard produced this excellent drawing (attached) of
the Europa tank. This indicates that the material is medium density
polyethylene, flourine treated (the process that makes epoxy stick so
well to it). Ian has indicated when and where various changes were made
over time.
Nigel
On 27/03/2014 15:43, Fred Klein wrote:
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> On Mar 27, 2014, at 3:38 AM, Pete Lawless <pete@lawless.info
> <mailto:pete@lawless.info>> wrote:
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>> given that the original Europa supplied tanks were known to have been
>> made of the 'wrong material' are Europa continuing to make tanks from
>> the same 'wrong material' or are the newly supplied tanks made of
>> something different. It may be that Europa are still working their
>> way through a large original batch.
>>
>> Anyone know?
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> I certainly do not know, but it has been my understanding that at
> some point Europa changed from the original lo-density material to a
> hi-density materialcan anyone can confirm that?
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> Apropos to this thread, it would seem to be of value if we could track
> the kit numbers and the accumulated flight times of those tanks which
> have failed, as well as any other aspects of the failures which may
> seem pertinent such as ambient temperatures, long-term storage while
> empty, etc.
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> Fred
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