Re: Would you fly this Aircraft?

If you have a tank with a fixed amount of fuel, and the temperature rises,
the fuel will expand. However, the presure at the bottom of the fuel tank
will not increase if the tank is properly vented.

Mike Schumann

"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
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Gasoline changes density with the blend and it also changes
with temperature. The "standard" 6 pounds per gallon (US)
is just an average. Yes, the distance the weight a fluid
(including air) acts under gravity determines the pressure.
Volume is a measure of space, density is a measure of mass
per unit space.


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"Jose" <teacherjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|> weight is a function of density, volume does not matter
when
| > pressure is measured in PSI.
|
| The density of gasoline changes much? Weight is mainly a
function of
| the quantity of matter present (mass) and the
gravitational field it's
| in. Given liquid gasoline and the earth, volume is a good
stand-in for
| weight.
|
| Pressure depends on the height of a column of fluid in a
gravitational
| field. Is that what you meant?
|
| Jose
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