Canister Mounting
09-15-2006, 02:21 PM
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Canister Mounting
Ok guys, I have a 102" QQ Yak, DA-100 and MTW canisters.
I used a dremel to grind down the aluminum L-brackets that the gear mount through, which incidentally are exposed inside the canister tunnel, to make sure there was no metal to metal contact.
I'm still paranoid about this as the flex headers seem to allow the canisters a little movement. Every couple of flights I have to re-position the canisters as they seem to be moving closer to the L-brackets.
So, without cutting out a lot of foam, removing the landing gear, and cutting off part of the L-bracket I'm trying to think of something to do.
The mount from DA used silicone tubing to hold the canisters in place. I was thinking of taking some silicone fuel tubing, splitting it so that it wraps the canister a little and applying some high temp red RTV to the tube and the canister. Then wedge them back in.
Will the heat melt the tubing? It doesn't effect it in the mount - I'm assuming that is because of the distance to the header? I know silicone/tygon type tubing should not be used for smoke because it melts - just wondering if its ok on the canister itself.
I used a dremel to grind down the aluminum L-brackets that the gear mount through, which incidentally are exposed inside the canister tunnel, to make sure there was no metal to metal contact.
I'm still paranoid about this as the flex headers seem to allow the canisters a little movement. Every couple of flights I have to re-position the canisters as they seem to be moving closer to the L-brackets.
So, without cutting out a lot of foam, removing the landing gear, and cutting off part of the L-bracket I'm trying to think of something to do.
The mount from DA used silicone tubing to hold the canisters in place. I was thinking of taking some silicone fuel tubing, splitting it so that it wraps the canister a little and applying some high temp red RTV to the tube and the canister. Then wedge them back in.
Will the heat melt the tubing? It doesn't effect it in the mount - I'm assuming that is because of the distance to the header? I know silicone/tygon type tubing should not be used for smoke because it melts - just wondering if its ok on the canister itself.
