Clouddancer
Well Known Member
Has anyone tried to install gascolators between wing and fuselage, as some have done on RV-8's (Fernando Abasolo for ex.) or on RV-7's (Lorne Green, see http://picasaweb.google.com/lorne7a/NewAlbum091101711PM#)?
The point is, that the gap between the wing and the fuselage is narrower on the RV-4. An Andair gascolator should fit http://www.andair.co.uk/pdfs/GAS01.pdf , but the point will be, if I have enough place to check and clean the gascolator? Are there any gascolators around that are smaller, especially in diameter?
As a background information: I don't want to start a debate about gascolators or filters. Fact is that this placement would make the most sense for me. I want to use mogas, so I don't like the gascolator on the firewall (vapour lock). I don't like the gascolator to be in the cockpit (fuel smell) and I like the filtering system to be in front of the tank selector valve, which makes more sense to me in the case of a congestion.
The point is, that the gap between the wing and the fuselage is narrower on the RV-4. An Andair gascolator should fit http://www.andair.co.uk/pdfs/GAS01.pdf , but the point will be, if I have enough place to check and clean the gascolator? Are there any gascolators around that are smaller, especially in diameter?
As a background information: I don't want to start a debate about gascolators or filters. Fact is that this placement would make the most sense for me. I want to use mogas, so I don't like the gascolator on the firewall (vapour lock). I don't like the gascolator to be in the cockpit (fuel smell) and I like the filtering system to be in front of the tank selector valve, which makes more sense to me in the case of a congestion.