Two barrel TBI must have a flaw, I give up.

[black maj]

R/c plane dope is very cheap... like only a few dollars for a 500mL tin...  
you brush it on and it does form a barrier, as well as stiffening the 
wood... the use it on tissue cloth also to cover framed wings, and it holds 
up well...

Ben

>From: "Mark M. Pikas" <mpikas at umiacs.umd.edu>
>Reply-To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
>To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
>Subject: RE: Two barrel TBI must have a flaw, I give up.
>Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 10:12:27 -0400
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gregory A. Parmer [mailto:gparmer at acesag.auburn.edu]
>
> > > BTW when you say hardwood, you mean as in a specific type
> > of wood (im not a
> > > wood worker type guy) right? I know whatever it is I have
> > to cover it in
> > > that R/C plane dope
> >
> > Lowes/Home Depot: Oak = hardwood, Pine = soft. Depending on the app no
> > dope may be necessary. Figure it's gonna have gas splashed on
> > the inside
> > and bits of oil on the outside.
>
>What kind of "R/C plane dope?"  Are you talking about soaking it in Hot
>Stuff or something?  Is there anything else that works well?  If you're
>talking about that stuff, I can see two problems: one, that stuff is
>expensive, you might come out ahead buying a chunk of aluminum at the scrap
>yard and marking it out and paying a machine shop to cut the holes in it,
>and second, the octane enhancing additives that are added to gas should
>dissolve that eventually...
>
>hum, I built an RC plane when I was a kid, and I remember covering the
>firewall and engine mounts with something that made it hard as hell and
>impenetrable to the methanol/nitro methane/oil combination that that thing
>burned...
>
>Mark (would love to make my own spacers and have plenty of woodworking
>tools)
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