hofer

Hi guys,
Just prepared my JMP Firebird for the upcoming season.
Always wanted some more endurance to make those rather rare outings of my Bird more worthwhile !
Together with Gary Mueller (www.jettechusa.com), I customised another of his fuel cells to suit under Firebird`s top hatch. In fact, this new tank
has exactly the same dimensions and mounting points as the previously installed smoketank.
Now, I can swap between the two tanks ( or say between endurance or show ) !!
see you
Hans

felker14

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Very nice. Good thinking on location of tank.

hofer

Hi,
Forgot to mention - total fuel capacity is 7 Liters ( 240 ounces ) of jet A1 !
Additional tank is almost CG- neutral and the whole suction side is equiped with Tom`s and Gary`s ultra high flow fittings and
and large high crossection tygon tubing.
My AMT Olympus will take around 900ml/min ( 31 oz/min ) fuel at max RPM (112500 ) and deliver some 26kg (57 pounds) of thrust !
The last picture shows the spray nozzles of my smoke tubes ( 4mm stainless steel ) which are guided to the tail inbetween the the thrust tube's innner
and outer walls to preheat the smoke fluid - smoke generation is just perfect !
see you
Hans

Erik R

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Hans,

I sent you a pm on this. I'm going to add this tank to my Firebird,and need to know which one it is. It looks like his "Kangaroo replacement" tank. Also,any tips on how you fabricated the mount(s) would be great. Thanks in advance,

Erik

txshan130

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Which tank is it?