Will regular fuel tubing be ok or do I need something more resistant to heat?

Silicone tubing that is used with glow engines will resist the heat. Gas fuel tubing will not

Milton

what canister?
air pressure or a smoke fuel one?

why ressistence to heat??? jet engine??

any silicon will do fine - easy to un-mount as well!

The LHS wanted $9 for a foot of silicone tubing, so I bought 7 feet of neoprene vacuum tubing at Auto Zone for $3.47 and used that. I've got about two to three hours on my canister setup. I see no adverse affects from the heat. I one of my can setups the can was hot enough to char the wood, the neoprene was still ok, you could see it was getting hot though. I'll see if I can find a picture of that.

The one with the burn was fully enclosed, (landing gear tore out), the red one that is showing no signs of heat is semi enclosed.

Wow 9 bucks for one ft, Talk about mark up, Around here it goes for about $1.50 ft

Milton

That was for the stuff that is used for .40 size engine's exhaust, not fuel tubing, the hole in it is about 3/8". But yea the LHS is a rip, I only go the if I have to.

my mistake

muffler canister....

Neoprene will absolutely break down with heat. You just haven't been running it long enough to see it yet. The silicone also better isolates the wood from the cannister heat. Try checking out a boat shop where they service inboards. You'll likely find silicone tubing products there.

Thanks guys.

Also check the Aircraft International website. Gerhard stocks some various sizes of silicone tunbing.

I go to the automotive parts store and get the high temp silicon tubing for import cars, the kit usually come with 3 different size tubing in red or blue and is about $12.