I had a very close friend who flew off floats for many years that had his engine cut out several times same trip. We traced the problem to a build up of fibers in his fuel line 90 degree elbow at the carb fuel entrance. He had for years faithfully filtered his fuel into his tank through a commercial "Felt Hat" type of filter and unknown to him the matt of fibers had grown enough to plug the fitting almost 100%, leaving just enough opening for him to get a restart after each shutdown. He was a very experienced Bush Pilot.[ old age finally got him ] I had him look into my microscope to compare what we removed from the fitting with that from his trusted old felt hat filter. He became a believer. Note that these Felt Hat shaped filters all were supplied by a leading aircraft supply company and approved. In a later year I also screwed up when using a brand new "felt Hat" filter when complying with a demand by the folks who put on the Grand Prix Auto races.. I was responsible for the production of some 50 or more drums of their special race fuels. They turned my fuel down when visible to the eye were many fibers easily seen.. After that experience I became a true believer in filtering through a very fine Stainless steel filter equipped funnel. At each annual inspection I now remove the flexable rubber fuel lines in order to verify that they are clear and serviceable. I then reconnect them properly and do a real fuel flow check AT THE CARB DRAIN OUTLET..not just the hose outlet. As Ed had just said, at annuals, Safety is the first item always. Ron hynes, Alberta, Western Canada --- On Sat, 7/18/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [ercoupe-tech] ercoupe crashes To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Received: Saturday, July 18, 2009, 4:54 PM How do you starve a Coupe of fuel when there is fuel in the mains, unless the fuel pump fails and you run the header tank dry? Jerry E. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: "ercou...@juno. com" Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:27:37 GMT To: <heave...@wt. net> Subject: SPAM-LOW: Re: [ercoupe-tech] ercoupe crashes I have specific knowledge of 4 Ercoupe crashes, in 3 there were no fatalities. In one the pilot and passenger were killed. All of the crashes have been caused due to fuel starvation. All had fuel in the main tanks when they crashed. Lee Browning ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ___ Cctv Surveillances Great Deals On Cctv Surveillances. Compare Cctv Surveillances Offers! __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
