David Paule
Well Known Member
I've got an O-320 for my RV-3B, and as I get closer to skinning the forward cockpit area, I'm wondering where y'all have put a gascolator, assuming that you have one.
I no longer have my floor-mounted Aerolab one, as it was simply too physically painful to push that little red button in. There are other issues that I didn't care for, too. That said, it was well-made and a good conceptual approach to the issue.
I have an Andair gascolator here. It can be mounted externally to the cockpit, if I had a good place well away from the bottom of the firewall - and that restriction, all by itself, tends to negate some of its usability. I don't want to mount it on the bottom of the firewall partly due to the nearness of the exhaust pipes. A friend is welding a bracket for his to the engine mount, but for unrelated reasons that option isn't available to me. Still, if there were a good place to mount it, I would.
One thing I've been thinking of, is to make my own gascolator. I'd like to hear your thoughts about placement before I do that. If I can avoid making my own, I will.
Thank you very much,
Dave
Here's the blog.
I no longer have my floor-mounted Aerolab one, as it was simply too physically painful to push that little red button in. There are other issues that I didn't care for, too. That said, it was well-made and a good conceptual approach to the issue.
I have an Andair gascolator here. It can be mounted externally to the cockpit, if I had a good place well away from the bottom of the firewall - and that restriction, all by itself, tends to negate some of its usability. I don't want to mount it on the bottom of the firewall partly due to the nearness of the exhaust pipes. A friend is welding a bracket for his to the engine mount, but for unrelated reasons that option isn't available to me. Still, if there were a good place to mount it, I would.
One thing I've been thinking of, is to make my own gascolator. I'd like to hear your thoughts about placement before I do that. If I can avoid making my own, I will.
Thank you very much,
Dave
Here's the blog.