by N111YX » Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:57 pm
The "older" Sonex tanks have this "Thermos-style" cap. Mine lasted about 300 hours of flight time before failure. Some rough math has me arrive at a figure of about 210 open/close cycles on the thing. You can see that the metal washer pulled through the rubber. After buying a replacement at $50, it seems that if one could aquire the rubber part only, it would be cheaper. I'll look into that next time...
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2010 Waiex 0082 (first flight May 2010)
Jabiru 3300 #1637 and #3035
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