I plan on using a 28cc Ryobi in a Balsa USA Stingray 120 I just got. I would like to know is my 12 oz great planes fuel tank will work or do I need to find another tank. I have to box it came in and it says glow fuel on it. Is there another type of tank that is used for gas fuels? And if so who makes them?

Thanks

Jim

Jim, Great Planes newest fuel tanks come with the black stopper thats good for both glow and gas. Its labeled glow only because they dont include "gas" line for the insides. I use a clear plastic tubing that my local HW store sells for .07 ft. I've had no problems using it all summer for fuel line. Tygon fuel line thats being sold on ebay is the best to use I've been told, but its 1.00 ft at my HW store and Im a cheap @@s so I dont use it. Piper

Thanks Mr. PiperCub

I'll use my great planes 10 0z tank for my Ryobi 28 cc engine that I an using for my Balsa USA 120 if it has the black washer. I do have the tryon fuel line I got for my lawn mower I can use. I have estimated the the 10 OZ fuel tank should give me about 15 minutes of flight time which will be more than my nitro engines every gave me. I have never used very large fuel tanks trying to keep the weight down at take off.[&:]

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Jim

Is that to say that the only problem to be encountered when using a fuel tank is that the stopper may be incompatible but the plastic used for the tank itself is compatible?

If your GP fuel tank is of the older type with the white stopper - DO NOT USE IT FOR GAS - regardless of what GP says. I used one and it leaked gasoline inside my spacewalker. Good thing the fuel tank compartment was fuel-proofed. Took 3 weeks for the gas smell to dissipate though. GP has made several improvement on their tank design, and the new ones have a compression-fit stopper like everybody else's tanks. I don't even bother using my old GP tanks for glow fuel either. They are not worth the risk of another fuel spill.

Yes soulman, the only concern when choosing your fuel tank from the hobby store is what the stopper is made from and to use "gas" fuel line, NO SILICONE! Some lawn shops sell the black fuel line, Its pricey and wont hold up over time. More over, when it has gas in it, its nice and flexable, but once the model sits in the shop for a day the fuel runs out of it into the tank and the line shrinks and becomes ridgid and brittle. It breaks trying to remove it from the carb or tank. Heck I had it break in flight fron the engine vibes. The fuel tank material is less critical as all tanks are made from plastic that holds up to gas as well as glow, however, buy a good namebrand tank like GP or Sullivan. I had an ol' cheap'o tank from thundertiger that split at the seam. I'm curently useing a fuel tank made from a $0.75 bottle of rubbing alcohol from wal-mart, 40 mins on 16oz. Drill the right size holes in the cap for your brass tubing, a bit of JB Weld to hold them in place and your done. I did fine a metal cap that fit and soldered them in place and if you can do the same its best. Piper