need help (fuel stoppers is there a color code)
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need help (fuel stoppers is there a color code)
does the industry have a color code for fuel stoppers
exampled all my nitro are black in color rubber
putting together cmpro corsair 75.5 wing span going to 26cc gas engine
the stopper that came with the tank is brown looking or I would call it clay in color
just want to make sure it is for gas
reading the newbie to gas sticky said brown stopper for gas
exampled all my nitro are black in color rubber
putting together cmpro corsair 75.5 wing span going to 26cc gas engine
the stopper that came with the tank is brown looking or I would call it clay in color
just want to make sure it is for gas
reading the newbie to gas sticky said brown stopper for gas
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RE: need help (fuel stoppers is there a color code)
ORIGINAL: w8ye
With Dubro, brown is gasoline and smoke fluid etc.
Black is methanol/nitro
With Sullivan, Black is universal
White is methanol/Nitro
With Dubro, brown is gasoline and smoke fluid etc.
Black is methanol/nitro
With Sullivan, Black is universal
White is methanol/Nitro
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RE: need help (fuel stoppers is there a color code)
Dubro is the only one that clearly color codes their stoppers. Sullivan has had issues in the past with stoppers alledged to be gas compatible not being so. All their stoppers are black. I don't trust Chinese stoppers of any color to be gasoline safe.
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RE: need help (fuel stoppers is there a color code)
ORIGINAL: Tired Old Man
Dubro is the only one that clearly color codes their stoppers. Sullivan has had issues in the past with stoppers alledged to be gas compatible not being so. All their stoppers are black. I don't trust Chinese stoppers of any color to be gasoline safe.
Dubro is the only one that clearly color codes their stoppers. Sullivan has had issues in the past with stoppers alledged to be gas compatible not being so. All their stoppers are black. I don't trust Chinese stoppers of any color to be gasoline safe.
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RE: need help (fuel stoppers is there a color code)
Whatever you do don't use the one from China Models that came with the plane. I lost my Christen Eagle that way. I soaked the stopper in gas for 3 days and it was fine, so I used it. However, after a week of being exposed to fuel in the plane, the stopper disintegrated. This caused a dead stick at a most inopportune moment, and the airplane was lost after hitting a concrete wall on short final. (Hey, I thought I had the field made until a sudden gust caused a downdraft over the wall and BAM, the airplane hit.) Man was I mad!
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