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PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:26 pm 
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rigpiggy wrote:
Have you set up the spot tracking page?


I will have the spot device tomorrow, so I hope to get it working by tomorrow afternoon.


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Turns out the fuel consumption of the airplane is a bit higher as expected, so I'm reworking the fuel plans. Would it be wise to buy a factory sealed drum, use half of it, and use the other half one week later on my way back ? Of is the fuel "bad" when it's been opened for a week ?


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Should be fine. Tighten the bung real good and lay the drum on it's side. Hopefully, the gas will still be there when you return and not in somebody's ATV!


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NunavutPA-12 wrote:
Should be fine. Tighten the bung real good and lay the drum on it's side. Hopefully, the gas will still be there when you return and not in somebody's ATV!


HAHAHA the more things change :lol: :lol:


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NunavutPA-12, why lay the drum on it's side? I would have thought that would increase the surface area for condensation as well as adding to the chance of mixing sediment into the gas when putting the drum right side up. Just a wannabe amateur bush pilot trying to understand :)

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Once the seal is broken there is a chance that rain water will find its way into the drum. There is a rim around the top of the drum that holds rain water and the threaded bung might become submerged. Expansion and contraction of the air inside the drum may suck the water inside. So if the drum is laid on the side you avoid that problem.


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Sediment will be taken care of by the filter on your pump. There should be next to no sediment in any drum of av-gas that has been sealed and is less than a few years old.


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NunavutPA-12 wrote:
Once the seal is broken there is a chance that rain water will find its way into the drum. There is a rim around the top of the drum that holds rain water and the threaded bung might become submerged. Expansion and contraction of the air inside the drum may suck the water inside. So if the drum is laid on the side you avoid that problem.


Ahh, I get it. Thanks

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