JAE12g Fuel Tank

[Eric Drust]

A whole year later I am still building my first JAE 12g, and I need a fuel tank. Everywhere I look the SS-4 is sold out. Anyone know of a good substitute for it?

 

[Tim Strange]

I used the Sullivan 4 oz. Flextank, It is about twice as much $$$ though. The Dubro 4 Oz. tank will fit, but you will need to remove a bit of the top sheeting to get the tank out...I suspect the Sullivan 4 Oz. hard tank would be the same, but not sure.

 

[misshydro]

A whole year later I am still building my first JAE 12g, and I need a fuel tank. Everywhere I look the SS-4 is sold out. Anyone know of a good substitute for it?

I got a sulavan 4oz soft tank. But joe took it out because he didnt want to chance running out of fuel in a race..since we been hearing some guys are cutting it close at the end of a race.. Joe made a nice brass 5 1/2oz tank for it.

 

[moparbarn]

eric, pay shipping, & i'll send you one. $4.95 for usps priority box, in the u.s.. pm me your addy if you want it.

 

[Eric Drust]

I have been on a lot of internet forums for a lot of different reasons, but I must say this one has the most helpful and most accommodating members I have ever come across. This is the second time since I have joined someone has offered up spare parts for next to nothing. I feel guilty I don't have anything to offer...

 

[misshydro]

there are some nice guys on this site. some are willing to help the less fortunat ones and that great.

 

[Paul Traufler]

One more place to look for a SS4 tank, your local hobby shop! I know not many of those around any more but there are some and that is a item they could have. While on a road trip I try to seek out hobby shops to go visit, most times it is fruitless but sometimes you run across some deals and items that are hard to find. I did find a tank at a shop just 3 weeks ago, it is possible. Good luck, BTW the NR 12 is VERY easy on the fuel use, kind of like a humming bird!

 

[Eric Drust]

15 years ago there were three hobby shops in my area, today, only one left and they are open about 2-3 hours a day at random. I have been there several times in the last year and every time I missed the time they were open (they change their hours daily). I have finally given up on them.

 

[Alexander King]

15 years ago there were three hobby shops in my area, today, only one left and they are open about 2-3 hours a day at random. I have been there several times in the last year and every time I missed the time they were open (they change their hours daily). I have finally given up on them.

o/t

I remember a hobby shop with random hours back when I was younger.. Funny! being I grew up going to that shop and knew the owner I just had him call my home when he was open or Id call him to set up a time to come in. Sometimes people who own some of these shops are up there in age and sick or they are doing other things. But I always like to support the local hobby shop when I can .. Nowadays the owner of my local hobbyshop lives around the cornner. Now, only if he was into boats as much as he is into airplanes...

 

[Ted buckley]

Hey Eric, I was just curious about your starting comment about taking a whole year for the 12G?? Is there a problem putting it together?

 

[Eric Drust]

Hey Eric, I was just curious about your starting comment about taking a whole year for the 12G?? Is there a problem putting it together?

Yep, I can't figure out which end is the front...

No, actually it has been a year for a few reasons...

I was unemployed, so I bought a part at a time. Next, I fix electronics for a hobby, which I do on the same workbench used to build the boat, so the boat never had a chance (and I still have a hard time fitting it in). And lastly, prior to starting this project I bought a used BlackJack 26, which I needed to play with and get used to nitro engines.

Honestly I have never owned anything R/C which was nitro, everything has been electric. The first few times I ran the BlackJack I was so nervous my trigger finger was jittering enough you could see the pulsation in the movement of the boat. I feared that between starting the engine and placing it in the water it might burn a piston, or that the needle was off and it might fry a piston. Well, most of that is behind me now, and I am finding the whole nitro concept to be pretty forgiving.

 

[Ron Olson]

Watch which tank that you get! The softer plastic Sullivan tank is easier to plumb up as you can see through it easier but the first time that I fired up my NR powered JAE .12 I noticed that the tank started expanding due to tank pressure. I never saw that happen before! If you ran a cowl on the boat it could pop it off.

 

[Eric Drust]

Wow, what is the tank made from, condom material?

 

[Walt Barney]

If you have the problem with the Plastic tank expanding wrap it with duck tape, Airplane guys do this with the YS engines that have a lot of pipe pressure.

Walt Barney

 

[TimothyJones]

And If It Breaks "Your In Trouble"

Tim

Wow, what is the tank made from, condom material?

 

[Ted buckley]

Hey Eric, Thanks for putting that in perspective for me. I know how it can be with multiple projects.. Since you guys are talking at length about the Sullivan SS-4 tanks in the 12G's - here's one for ya that my Son Lance posed to me this morning: We both have 12G's and both have SS-4's in them.. My 12G can run approx: 10-12 laps(Enough to possibly finish a race with good water) with about 1/4 tank to spare.. "Sip's it like a hummingbird" :lol: But at aprox: 6-7 laps(Milling included) the boat get's that reving-sound like it's going lean because the fuel is splashing around - causing Air bubbles to climb-up the fule line(caused by the low volume of fuel in the tank). Does everyone else get the same problem? Finishing a race sometimes can be tricky.. I know that it is only 4 oz. of fuel, but we need to solve this issue - aside from trying to put some sort of hopper tank(No room).. B) Here's what I came-up with that I'm going to try for this Weekends District 6 points race.. I remember back in the 80's when the fuel seemed to foam-more then it does today & we used to put some sort of (Chore-Boy pad) in the tank to buffer this effect and it worked great. My idea this time is to buy this Nylon SOS Tuffy Dishwashing pad - seperate it/spread it apart and put it in the Sullivan SS-4 to act as a buffer for the splashing.. Don't know if this is going to work and wondering if anyone has tried it on the 12G?