ORIGINAL: Campgems
I've got some "standard" tubing I got from the LHS a bit back that has a hole so small that I can't get it off the barbs to fuel the plane. One part that I cut into had the hole off center also. Another length of a different tubing from the LHS that I was using for the pickup on my pump took a dislike to Cool power when I tried it. I had been using the tubing for over a year with Omega and at the half gallon mark with the Cool Power, the tubing broke off at fuel level and droppen in the jug. When I fished it out, it was gooey and crumbly below fuel level and like new above. I ditched the remainer of the jug and went back to Omega.
So, Tower and the LHS both seem to be a crap shoot for getting good tubing. Where to go next???
Don
Where next? Beauty of our hobby is that it supplies us with a flood of excuses. Now you HAVE TO go to that LHS in the next town you've heard is so good. It's not your fault that you HAVE TO find better tubing!
hehehehe
One of the tricks the experienced guys picked up long ago (after the trick of accumulationg excuses for everything) is to keep an eye out for items on their list and stock up whenever they find one. Keep an eye out for tubing. Last time I was in the best LHS around here, I was with a newbie. He asked why I was buying 2' of fuel tubing. When I said,
"because it's good tubing" he laughed himself silly. Guess who will laugh last. I almost made him walk home, btw.