Air filters

[Richard Strickland]

I'll see if they still exist.  I still have them on the old 60 stuff--can't seem to part with them--the port may be a bit small for the larger engines.  On the other hand, we were turning the smaller stuff at many more revs--so theoretically pulling roughly the same amount of air.  Couldn't hurt to try--especially if they work.  They were only a few bucks. 

 Thanks to all you guys who gave me leads on this.
                                                                            Richard
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rcmaster199 at aol.com 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 7:34 PM
  Subject: Re: Air filters


  Richard, you may be thinking of the Bru-Line filters. My local hobby shop still carries these and they are very inexpensive. The sponge element is better as an air filter/noise dampener than the 60 mesh screen that the typical Tettra or similar filters use. They are not as pretty as the aluminum housed "filters" but they are more effective overall for our needs

  MattK
    From: Richard Strickland 
    To: NSRCA 
    Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 10:37 AM 
    Subject: Air filters 

    Anyone, 
      
    When we first started trying to quiet things down, one of the areas we looked at was intake noise.  We used to use a stretch on filter housing with small filter disks that helped the noise problems with the added benefit of keeping crap out of the engine--gee, what a concept.  Are there any such animals available now?  We fly off an old asphalt runway and there is the possibility something significant was sucked into a brand new 170 and destroyed the piston, sleeve, ring and bearing.  First time for everything, I guess.  The 60 sized ones did not seem to affect performance. 
      
    Thanks, 
      
    Richard 
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