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Speed,Combat,Scale,Racing => Combat => Topic started by: phil c on May 25, 2010, 07:06:23 PM
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By popular request, I've gotten a supply of bladder tubing more suitable for F2D. It has a thicker wall than the Yellowjacket tubing and is solid black. The thicker wall holds up better in F2D ships, which usually use a larger diameter bladder compartment that doesn't support the bladder. $18/5 ft.
The fuel line is black surgical tubing(very soft) with a 1/16 in. ID and a heavy wall. Very easy to pinch, either by hand or with a shutoff. Since it's latex, it probably won't hold up quite as well as neoprene but it stays on the nva nicely. $13/5ft.
A tip about bladders, get more life out of one by making sure to empty it out completely after every flight, and keep it cool(in your pocket) in between flights. Leaving a bladder with fuel in it in a plane in the sun is a sure way to make it go soft prematurely.
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Phil's yellow jacket stuff lasts a lot longer than anything else I've tried, even without being particularly careful.