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Re: Transparent Air Tank

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Originally Posted by Knufire View Post
Shell Ecomarathon. The tank would be providing pressure to the fuel injector for a small engine. The rationale behind the rule is to ensure that we're not premixing fuel with the air, though the implementation seems to be poor.



Most teams seem to be jerry-rigging something out of a 20oz soda bottle; seems less safe to me than just letting use COTS storage tanks.
I would absolutely just put a sight glass or two into the bottom, so they can see that there's no liquid in the tank. See my last post for some examples.
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