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Header tanks scare me...

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smoore

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So do those behind the seat. Am I just being paranoid?

Somehow the idea of 5-15 gallons of gasoline either in my lap or on my back really freaks me out. At first I was convinced an LSA airplane was for me but most of them seem to bundle the fuel in the cockpit.

I know I can build a Zenith LSA and have the tanks in the wings but again, am I just being paranoid?

That fatal Sonex accident this summer where the cockpit burned to slag really slapped me across the face. I look at the pictures in the article below and think, "Would this man still be with us if he had a wet wing?"

http://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publish/article_39551.shtml
 
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