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Re: Flying: Engine reliability

Subject: Re: Flying: Engine reliability
From: Grahamclk@aol.com
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 02:04:08
In a message dated 27/08/00 23:18:03 GMT Daylight Time, 
grasingleton@avnet.co.uk writes:

<< there usually is no time to sort these things out  >>
The height is crucial of course.
The hesitations under discussion  certainly allow putting on the electric 
pump and changing over to use a second filter. This saved the day for  me 
---From 1500' agl. in my second incident reported in 1998.

IMHO  air problems due to vapour lock, bubbles and even leaks would disappear 
if the tank were not vented to air, but maintained at positive pressure 
(regulated electric air pump ?) instead. The original forward facing vent 
followed this theme, but was later negated by the addition of the water exit 
hole.

However I have had no sign of such problems since lowering the under-cowl 
temp. with louvres in the top of the cowl.

Graham  G-EMIN

Graham


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