Rowland,
I put mine under the baggage bay with a small door for access. If you
airplane is closed up then this will be a bit of a pain to install.
I know that this is taking the thread a bit off topic, and you are LAA
constrained but if I was to do it over again I would install two, one in
the main line and one in the reserve to remove a single point of failure.
I have not ever seen enough debris in mine to cause a problem but I recall
Alex Bowman (?) landing out because fine rust passed though his funnel
strainer but clogged his gascolator. Not sure if it was an Andair
I with Bud when it comes to Andairs, they are the "gold standard" and the
new filter element has a much larger area than the original. It would take
a lot of crud to block it.
Regards, Paul
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Bud Yerly <budyerly@msn.com> wrote:
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> Rowland,
> Although I am not a fan of the gascolator in a Europa, I prefer the
> Andair. You are so right in wanting to place it as low as possible. Few
> gascolators work well elevated in the fuselage (the trap function is
> thwarted) and the unit seal must be 100% as any small leak will cause the
> pump to loose prime when the fuel is pulled through them. I would have no
> problem with mounting it under the fuselage with the bowl out in the air
> and fabricating an aerodynamic fairing to cover it. The cover would need a
> hole in the bottom for quick draining. One quick turn fastener on the
> front and back and the whole cover would come off and the device would be
> serviceable. A desireable but very cramped area would be in the center
> under the pitch tube and between the tanks. If you make the hole a half
> inch larger than the bowl it should allow service work. Access holes don't
> scare me as you must just take the time to put the structure back into the
> fuselage. Easy to do under construction, but messy with a completed
> aircraft.
>
> Regards,
> Bud Yerly
>
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