aerobubba(at)earthlink.ne
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 Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 4:56 pm Post subject: was Fuel System Diagram, now gascolator redux |
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| Quote: | > To each his own, but my money (and rear end) is on the simple physics of
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| Quote: | > gascolator.
Simple physics of the gascolator may get one killed while in sustained
inverted flight!
Bob
RV6 "Wicked Witch of the West"
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I'd sure like to know what you are basing that commentary on. Each of the
5 or so Decathlons we ran through our aerobatic program lo those many years
ago had a gascolator, and we spent a significant amount of time inverted
with each student. Never once had a problem with any of them. The
gascolators, that is...
WRT to the pressure issue and the potential for leaks, mine is located in
the left wing root and is plumbed between the selector valve and the boost
pump. This makes for easy and convenient draining through a hole in the
bottom of the wing gap seal / fairing. It also keeps it away from the
engine compartment heat, as well as the possibility of shearing it off the
bottom of the firewall in a forced / crash landing.
glen matejcek
aerobubba(at)earthlink.net
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