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Old 08-21-2014, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Westwindpilot86
Hey guys, been slowly getting the plane ready for the maiden flight. But I hit a major problem today. I have both my saddle tanks in the bird and was filling them up when all of a sudden the right saddle tanks starts pouring out fuel. It leaked all over the inside of the jet and soaked everything. I quickly pulled the tanks out of the jet and soaked up the fuel inside the jet. I put the tanks on my driveway and got a video for you guys.

In the video the tank is already half full. As you can see as soon as fuel starts transferring to the other tank it starts leaking. It starts leaking through very small little holes. About 5-9 little holes. Enjoy the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiLyzEqci68&feature=youtu.be

dude that **** is simple to fix; first clean tank with alcohol, let it dry then mix up some hysol, spread the hysol over the area, make a nice 1/32" layer of it. Let it dry. Once dry the leak will be gone.

This crap happens on conformal fiber/kevlar tanks, but good thing is that they are easy to repair.
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