BritishCubBloke
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Bellingen, NSW, Australia
Hopefully, I am going to be buying a C185 for ultimate use in Australia, where distances are massive and fuel can be scarce, though places to land mostly aren't. Being able to carry more avgas would be incredibly useful.
Flint tip tanks are good, but they are basically a $20K install: http://flintaero.com/kits/extended-tip-tanks/185-2/
If there is an existing cargo pod, what do people think about:
a) Legality of carrying unvented fuel bladders in the pod?
b) Safety of carrying unvented fuel bladders in the pod in potentially 110 degrees Fahrenheit of heat?
c) The advisability of refuelling from the bladders at a tinder dry desert strip under the blazing sun in the above 110 degrees, whether I use an earthing rod and an earthed funnel or not?
Hmm, by listing a) b) and c) above have I talked myself out of carrying fuel bladders?!
Flint tip tanks are good, but they are basically a $20K install: http://flintaero.com/kits/extended-tip-tanks/185-2/
If there is an existing cargo pod, what do people think about:
a) Legality of carrying unvented fuel bladders in the pod?
b) Safety of carrying unvented fuel bladders in the pod in potentially 110 degrees Fahrenheit of heat?
c) The advisability of refuelling from the bladders at a tinder dry desert strip under the blazing sun in the above 110 degrees, whether I use an earthing rod and an earthed funnel or not?
Hmm, by listing a) b) and c) above have I talked myself out of carrying fuel bladders?!