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<DIV><SPAN class=163241916-13082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I used
a faucet screen as a filter on my OS 140 back in 1998. Any hardware store would
have a variety of sizes, they work very well at keeping large stuff, like grass
out of the engine. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=163241916-13082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I also
used a hopper tank in that plane, a Steve Stricker Excalibur. It was a 2 oz tank
and I thought it improved performance as it eliminated problems with fuel
foaming and sucking air bubbles. I also used a micro servo for in flight mixture
control. In fact that setup was flawless except for bearing changes required
every 125 flights. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>Rich</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
discussion-request@nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Richard Strickland<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 13, 2004 12:06
PM<BR><B>To:</B> discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Air
filters<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I found and called them. He has no
immediate plans for making larger ones. I may have an old one
laying around--might be worth some experimenting by opening the disk
hole and trying different media. All I really want to do is keep the big
crap out of it.</FONT></DIV>
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RS</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Rcmaster199@aol.com
href="mailto:Rcmaster199@aol.com">Rcmaster199@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 12, 2004 7:34
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Air filters</DIV>
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<DIV>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
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<DIV>MattK</DIV>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>From:</B> </FONT><A
title=mailto:richard.s@allied-callaway.com
href="mailto:richard.s@allied-callaway.com"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=blue size=3><U>Richard Strickland</U></FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><B>To:</B> </FONT><A title=mailto:discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=blue
size=3><U>NSRCA</U></FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>
</FONT><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>Sent:</B> Thursday,
August 12, 2004 10:37 AM</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><B>Subject:</B> Air filters</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Anyone,</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Richard</FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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