Hi William,
You may search for vynilester resins. Here in Brazil our fuel has 25% of
ethanol and lots of old car builders use Derakane (411-350) for their fuel
tanks with great success.
Best regards
Wladimir
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Em seg., 11 de jul. de 2022 =C3-s 18:54, William Daniell <
wdaniell.longport@gmail.com> escreveu:
>
> Chris thanks
>
> yea... I have googled it and I saw an article by a glasair builder. He
> tried with AVGAS and the composite was fine after a year....with ethanol
it
> was already soft after a week!
>
> Ill give these guys a ring...
>
> I am guessing that the aluminium will be heavier and smaller (more
> difficult to include all the complex curves). I have emailed Europa in t
he
> UK so we'll see if they respond.
>
> Will
>
> William Daniell
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> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 5:26 PM n7188u <chmgarb@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>
>> You bring up a good point Will. However, I would think that this day and
>> age you can get epoxy that will resist gasoline. FG tanks are not uncomm
on
>> in the boating world.
>>
>> I did find this:
>>
>>
>> https://theepoxyexperts.com/shop/adhesives/chemical-and-water-resistant/
max-gre/max-gre-96oz-epoxy-resin-gasoline-resistant-4-coating-glue-fibergla
ssing-carbon-fiber/
>>
>> However, what a PITA to have to research all this and run the risk of it
>> not working (and the danger of the tank falling apart and clogging the f
uel
>> system). Aluminum would certainly be safer but $$$ and possibly heavier.
>>
>> let us know what you end up doing.
>>
>> Chris
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>> Read this topic online here:
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>> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=507451#507451
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