Smoke Tanks & Aux. Fuel

The "Front Seat Tank" above is used for Smoke or Gas, the capacity is 30+ gallons for fuel and about 10 gallons when using smoke oil. An internal header tank and flop tube is installed.

Plumbing is set up for smoke or gas, with the only switchover in front of the pilot on the floor. You might notice an extra GOLD in-line filter installed in this photo to act as an additional trap in front of the Christen Wobble pump. All the plumbing fittings are #6 AN aircraft fittings.

The two sections above are a part of the mold used to build these tanks. The mold was split in four sections allowing one seam during final assembly around the girth of the tank.

The main tank section is one solid piece, pulled out of this mold above. Baffels and an optional header tank can be installed easily upon extraction. We used only S glass with West Epoxy in the actual tank construction. Two layers are structural glass, and Seven more layers are regular boat glass.