ORIGINAL: chashint
ORIGINAL: Stuntpilot51
ORIGINAL: OzMo
ORIGINAL: chashint
Do yourself a huge favor and treat yourself to a new tank now.
It just isn't worth the hassle, buy a tank or make one from anther container. The plug and stuff are worth keeping. But loose the punctured tank. As a club safty officer I could not let the repaired tank fly. You would be asked to replace it before getting a clean safety check that is required at many clubs after a crash.
I agree with MikeL, I can't believe your inspecting every plane that crashes and then requiring a clean bill of health to fly again. In my opinion this is unenforceable and rediculous. Albeit trying to repair a fuel tank is unwise and I would never do it, your policy is still absurd. If I tried to do that at our club, I would be tarred and feathered and sent home.
Over zealous safety dude lighten up, it is not worth stressing out over something like this.
Fuel tanks leak all the time for lots of different reasons, if he decides to repair the tank and it leaks it is no different than a fuel line breaking or the tank splitting .... hardley a safety issue .... but the fuel makes a real mess in the plane.
I think a tank with a hole that is patched will fail .... but hey its not my plane and if he wants to "solder" the hole in the tank to fix it then it is his choice to do so.
So grab a cold one, old over-zealous-safety-dude, this bud's for you....
