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FUEL CONTAINER JUG QUESYION PLEASE: - 10/20/2011 8:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		I HAVE A FIEL BOX AND THE GALLONG OF GLOW FUEL IS TOO TALL; I WILL LIKE TO REPLACE IT WITH A SMALLOR GONTAINER; WHAT COULD I USE THAT WOULD BE SAFE TO TRANSPORT AND USE AS A GLOW CONTAINER JUG?
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RE: FUEL CONTAINER JUG QUESYION PLEASE: - 10/20/2011 10:12 PM   
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RE: FUEL CONTAINER JUG QUESYION PLEASE: - 10/21/2011 12:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		Look up HDPE containers on the net.The problem is that it costs $15. to ship a  $ 3.00 container.

Or... Go to the Dollar store and pay $2.00 for a half gallon of draino. Pour it down your sinks and use the bottle in your flight box.


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I HAVE A FIEL BOX AND THE GALLONG OF GLOW FUEL IS TOO TALL; I WILL LIKE TO REPLACE IT WITH A SMALLOR GONTAINER; WHAT COULD I USE THAT WOULD BE SAFE TO TRANSPORT AND USE AS A GLOW CONTAINER JUG?
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RE: FUEL CONTAINER JUG QUESYION PLEASE: - 10/21/2011 3:42 AM   
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RE: FUEL CONTAINER JUG QUESYION PLEASE: - 10/21/2011 3:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		Great Planes sells a 1/2 gallon container part#GPMP4150 it is $3.49
Also a Laundry detergent container will also hold up to the fuel. You may want to use the laundry detergent first although bubbles coming out of the exhaust would be cool also.

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RE: FUEL CONTAINER JUG QUESYION PLEASE: - 10/21/2011 3:40 PM   
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Use a container that does not let light shine through




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RE: FUEL CONTAINER JUG QUESYION PLEASE: - 10/21/2011 4:27 PM   
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RE: FUEL CONTAINER JUG QUESYION PLEASE: - 10/21/2011 7:18 PM   
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Status: online 		ANY CONTAINER MADE OF HDPE PLASTIC WILL WORK. OTHER PLASTICS MAY MELT OR LEAK. METAL CANS ARE THE BEST THOUGH.

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RE: FUEL CONTAINER JUG QUESYION PLEASE: - 10/21/2011 9:21 PM   
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RE: FUEL CONTAINER JUG QUESYION PLEASE: - 11/12/2011 2:36 PM   
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Some of my friends use quart plastic continers motor oil came in.


Yup.. those work very well, especially for pit box containers. Drill a couple holes in the cap, and use some through-the-firewall fittings such as those Central Hobbies sells, and a filter. I imagine the gallon sized containers would work well for fuel storage, too.

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RE: FUEL CONTAINER JUG QUESYION PLEASE: - 2/3/2012 6:56 PM  1 votes
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Status: offline 		What ever you do.... DO NOT USE AN ALUMINUM container. Don't ask me how I know . Some how the nitro or methanol reacts with the aluminum. The reacted fuel puts a coating on the glow plug and the plug is ruined in one flight.

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RE: FUEL CONTAINER JUG QUESYION PLEASE: - 2/5/2012 2:24 AM   
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What ever you do.... DO NOT USE AN ALUMINUM container. Don't ask me how I know . Some how the nitro or methanol reacts with the aluminum.

Methanol is very mildly acidic. Eventually it will corrode aluminum.

I've used pure Methanol in a lab environment to dissolve finely milled aluminum dust into solution for molecular level laser deposition/fusing to other materials.


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RE: FUEL CONTAINER JUG QUESYION PLEASE: - 2/6/2012 8:42 PM   
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RE: FUEL CONTAINER JUG QUESYION PLEASE: - 2/11/2012 3:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		I like steel containers. Either quart or gallon.  Good seals, less permeable than plastic, and doesn't let light in.  Also fittings can be soldered on easily to the cap. ( I don't practise what I preach, I just use a one quart plastic oil container that is black with a clear slot in the side to see how full it is.)  I  can see this is an old thread that is has been resurrected, but it reminded me to make up a new container over the winter.

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