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Old 04-12-2014, 08:45 AM
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Default Reinforce front baggage for smoke oil tank?

I am planning on installing a 4 gallon aluminum smoke oil tank in the front baggage area of my RV-8. The baggage area is supposed to be good for 50 pounds of weight. Would 32 pounds of oil plus a few pound tank be ok or should I reinforce it? I fly mostly acro and formation. What have others done? Seems like there are a lot of similar installs out there.
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Old 04-12-2014, 12:21 PM
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You can just mount it in there
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Old 04-12-2014, 10:09 PM
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Default Floor strength

I have the 5.5 gal tank up front. I reinforced the floor and the back wall of the compartment because during inverted flight the load is transferred from tension to compression and the back wall is very thin aluminum. I'm on my way to Tokyo but will look for some pics when I get back and post them
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