Filter Failure

Larry Krutz lkrutz89503 at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 21 08:54:09 AKST 2003


Try the Sullivan double screen filter(s). Sometimes
advertised as "CrapTraps". They make a size for
aircraft and a larger one for fuel bottles. I have
been using them for years with no problems on both
planes and helis. LK
--- Ron Van Putte <vanputte at nuc.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 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
> 
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at nuc.net>
> >To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> >Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 10:07 AM
> >Subject: Filter Failure
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> >>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
> >>
> >>Ron Van Putte
> >>
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