Clouddancer
Well Known Member
I plan to have a fuel filter in each wing root. I have seen really neat installations of inline fuel filter or even gascolators in wing roots on this forum.
I probably go with the inline fuel filter, because of the following reasons:
- space is marginal (RV-4 has a smaller gap between fuselage and wing than the other RV's)
- plane is aerobatic, i.e. if I don't drain the gascolator before each aerobatic flight I will get the water in my engine. So I will have to drain 4 locations (2 tanks, 2 gascolators)
Now my question: How do you maintain and clean your inline fuel filters (no matter if it's in the wing root or somewhere else)? I don't feel comfortable to remove the hard fuel line too many times without damaging it. Could a flexible fuel line be a solution?
Thanks for your inputs.
I probably go with the inline fuel filter, because of the following reasons:
- space is marginal (RV-4 has a smaller gap between fuselage and wing than the other RV's)
- plane is aerobatic, i.e. if I don't drain the gascolator before each aerobatic flight I will get the water in my engine. So I will have to drain 4 locations (2 tanks, 2 gascolators)
Now my question: How do you maintain and clean your inline fuel filters (no matter if it's in the wing root or somewhere else)? I don't feel comfortable to remove the hard fuel line too many times without damaging it. Could a flexible fuel line be a solution?
Thanks for your inputs.