Filter Failure

[Ron Van Putte]

Keith Hoard wrote:

>Are these filters the blue plastic ones??  I've had every one of them come
>apart after a while, also.  Luckily, my filter is next to the engine so the
>mess dumped on the ground.
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No, these are aluminum and plastic.  They are NOT cheap.  That's why I 
used them, because we all know that we Pattern fliers always buy the 
expensive stuff.

Ron Van Putte

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>From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at nuc.net>
>To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 10:07 AM
>Subject: Filter Failure
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>>I was wondering if anyone had a failure similar to mine.  I fly a Y.S.
>>1.40L in my Advantage and discovered a flooded fuselage caused by the
>>DuBro 162 The Final Filter coming apart. There were two halves lying in
>>the bottom of the fuselage with several ounces of fuel.  Maybe it's time
>>to move the filter outside the firewall
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>>Ron Van Putte
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