Comanche Fuel Cell 001

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024
  • Installing a new rubber fuel cell in a Piper PA24-260 Comanche. Showing the differences between old fuel cell and new fuel cell.

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  • @andor8635
    @andor8635 5 лет назад

    I change two of my 10 years ago the other two could go bad. It helps to keep them full of fuel they last longer. It is a job . My plane was a Comanche 260. Great video explained everything good.

  • @rainerzufall689
    @rainerzufall689 3 года назад

    I am very curious, how long the seals in my '86 Malibu will last. No rubber tanks but I wonder if the material that is sealing up the aluminum is any better than there bladders. Sometimes I wonder if the biggest problem will be leakage or little pieces of sealant clogging up the fuel filter, which as we all know sucks.

  • @jlc123654
    @jlc123654 7 лет назад

    Hi what was the cost to change one ? i might have the same problem...

    • @GonzoT38
      @GonzoT38 6 лет назад +1

      They're about 1,000 bucks per bladder. Labor is about 10 hours so anywhere between 800 and 1k in labor per. Comanches with the aux bladders have a total of 4. So you're looking at 1,800-2000 dollars installed, per bladder. Life cycle of a bladder should be in excess of 20 years but in practice with weathering, top of the bladders remaining dry for a long time due to flying with partial or even empty auxes all the time, you'd be looking at 10 years before these things start giving you trouble again. I prefer Piper's integral tanks; unfortunately Piper didn't really have a replacement to the comanche (I don't consider the Piper Lance a bona fide in-class replacement in the least, as Piper argued), so you're kinda stuck with these old Comanche contraptions if you want something between an Archer/Arrow/Dakota and a 6-place airplane like PA32 and A36 C210 et al. Their competition being the Beech 33/35 bonanzas of course, which also carry the expense and hassle of these bladders, to be fair to the comanche.

    • @georobgemmellpena6708
      @georobgemmellpena6708 4 года назад

      FUEL bladders although a pain sometimes... MUCH safer than metal or Wet wing tanks in survivable accidents ! they absorb impact better and may not rupture vs the other style... I'll take my bladders any day.. IMO

  • @gunsaway1
    @gunsaway1 7 лет назад

    Hadn't seen one in years