gascolator

[Paul Stewart <pauld.stewart@virgin.net>]

I suspect this is about the third round of these discussions in the last couple
of years and the only new information available to us is the recent experience
of the factory aircraft G-KITS. To my mind this does not help greatly as they
did not tell us what type of gascolator was in use nor more importantly when
it was last inspected relative to the described flight. What many appear to have
in mind if going down the single gascolator route is meticulous care with
the fuel going in followed by regular (if not pre every flight) checking of the
gascolator filter. Whether this is more or less likely to avoid fuel starvation
than a dual gascolator / filter system I don't think we have the data to answer.
In the end those of us who are modifying the factor supplied system are
going to have to make a value judgement on simplicity vs complexity redundancy
and weight assuming our modifications satisfy the PFA / EAA

regards  Paul Stewart#432