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16 Feb 2011
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Hi All,
Has anyone any experience of using Swiss Army rubber water containers ( see pic ) for short term ( day or two ) petrol storage ? Apparently USA pilots of Piper Cubs use these often as spare fuel bladders, in fact the fuel tanks in the wings of Piper Cubs are made of rubber. These are 20 litre - it would also be easy to cut a circular disc out of rubber and insert it under the tap to stop any chance of tap leakage and being Army they are probably tough as old boots !
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16 Feb 2011
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Originally Posted by motorbike mike
Hi All,
Has anyone any experience of using Swiss Army rubber water containers ( see pic ) for short term ( day or two ) petrol storage ? Apparently USA pilots of Piper Cubs use these often as spare fuel bladders, in fact the fuel tanks in the wings of Piper Cubs are made of rubber. These are 20 litre - it would also be easy to cut a circular disc out of rubber and insert it under the tap to stop any chance of tap leakage and being Army they are probably tough as old boots !
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They also look like they would make a good pillow or swim float too, how much are they ? I have carried fuel in a platapus water container before. As previous posts state the idea of these bladders are for bridging the gap between petrol stops. Not for carrying around on the bike to look cool ! In the type of places where you will require the extra fuel, People and business are not going to be a worry, so accidents involving other people are going to be very low. Loosing the fuel would be a concern but again if you are trying to preserve fuel as you are on a section far from anyone else then you should be taking it as easy as you can.
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17 Feb 2011
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Originally Posted by colebatch
As for how people approach fuel safety in the 3rd world, where people routinely smoke cigarettes while refuelling ...
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Thats probably due to those third world fuel refillers knowing that a cigarette doesn't burn at a hot enough temperature to ignite either fuel or vapour, drop a lit cigarette in your petrol tank, it goes out.....
They probably found out by trial and error however our western health and safety mad society says not to do this.
Matches however are a very different story.
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