OK, Here is my experience. 4,500 hours in single engine a/c. all recip. 2/3
military. Four engine failures. ( All Military) All landed. One an night. One
in
water sans floats. None from fuel starvation even though none had fuel filters
other than screens and fuel drains.
So what does that mean to me? Still thinking about it. Current plan is one
good
filter with drain and a drain in each tank. Am I ok?
Tom Friedland A 079
tonyk@kaon.co.nz wrote:
> > it seems that there's a high % of
> > posts here re fuel problems and resultant builder mods and even
> > "un-mods." Unlike other kitplane email lists I've browsed.
>
> It would be interesting to find out how many people flying have _actually_ had
> a fuel problem or whether the redesigns are simply based on something that
> somebody "thinks" will resolve a problem that "may" be there.
>
> I very much suspect that the majority of Europas currently flying have the
> original fuel system layout and have logged thousands of hours between them
> without problems other than the one related to fuel tank swarf during early
> hours of operation...in which case the second filter comes in very handy!
>
> We had one clogged filter in 230 recorded hours and it looks like the filters
> in the aircraft had over 170 hours use on them as the filter change wasn't in
> the maintenance schedule. The maintenance schedule for this particular
> aircraft
> now includes a filter check and change.
>
> I might add that in NZ the maintenance schedule for custombuilt aircraft is
> written on an aircraft by aircraft basis as each aircraft is considered to be
> unique. It appears that the filter check may have been missed out because the
> company contracted to certify the aircraft and write the maintenance schedule
> following the aircraft's importation into the country didn't bother to look
> for
> filters under the seats.
>
> Tony
>
> Tony
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> Tony
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