HELLO,WILL NITRO FUEL EAT THROUGH A PLASTIC GASOLINE CAN?? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FILLING STATION WITH A PLASTIC"BLITZ"CAN,A SIX-SHOOTER PUMP & A PSP CAP MADE FOR THE BLITZ CAN. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE PLASTIC GAS CAN WOULD HOLD UP TO THE NITRO.THANKS,ROBERT.S

You should have no problem with the can.

I would recommend a color other than red for nitro fuel- perhaps get the blue can used for kerosene or the yellow can used for diesel. This way, if you decide in the future to go gas engines too, you can get a red can for gasoline.

No, nitro fuel will not eat through a plastic gas can. I have used red plastic gas cans filled filled with nitro fuel for the last 9 years and have had no problems at all with it. As Geoff mentioned, if you do start using gas you will need to label the nitro cans so you don't mix them up with the gas cans.

Ken

THANKS FOR THE HELP. I DONT KNOW IF YOUR FAMILIAR WITH THE PSP CAP THEY DESIGNED FOR THE BLITZ GAS CAN BUT IT IS DESIGNED FOR GASOLINE.DO YOU THINK I MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE "GASOLINE PROOF" O-RINGS BEING EXPOSED TO NITRO?? ROBERT.S

I would definitely use a different color can or stencil "glow fuel" or something on it with fuel-proof paint. Even if you don't fly gasoline, someone at the field could accidentally grab your can and fuel up their gas airplane with glow fuel.

No problems at all.Rings and seals designed for gas will stand up to nitro with no problems.But not the other way around. Seals and rings designed for nitro will not stand up to gas. That is why we have to change the stoppers in fuel tanks if you intend to use gas in them.

Carefull here...

I've had RUBBER stoppers designed for gas disintegrate over time when I've used them for glow fuel.

The rubber becomes "grainy" and sloughs off in little rubber flags or bits, that can easily make it into the carb.

While a filter helps with this, I've taken to replacing these stoppers.

Also Glow fuel's hydroscopic nature tends to corrode metals that can rust, while gasoline in the same containers will not rust nearly as quickly.

A plastic glow fuel container will hold up better over time.

Jose,
 I'll give way to your real world experience. I've never tried using glow fuel on seals designed for gas, that is just what I was told when I got into gas. Since you've actually done it and had problems, then I thank you for setting the record straight.

Ken

It fooled me, because this did not occur immediately.

I pulled the tank from a plane I had run 1/2 a season only to discover the disintegration of the fuel plug.



As RCKen said...going the other way... I've had plastic plug retaining plates which replace the metal ones sometimes used, DISSOLVE(!!!) when used in glow fuel in the matter of a few days or weeks!

e.g. I pulled the plug & assembly from an GASSER ARF and put it in a glow tank without thinking... BIG MISTAKE...