Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #58708
From: Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Fuel Filters. Was: Rotary Forced Landing
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:44:16 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Al Wick wrote:
< might have had an engine failure at 50'
I don't know what to say Rich. You're convinced a filter with 10 times
the surface area is more likely to fail? All of the evidence says the
complete opposite. Why don't you come up with a real world test to prove
your point?
You could put your two methods side by side, then start adding debris.
 
-al

    ----- Original Message -----
    *From:* ARGOLDMAN@aol.com <mailto:ARGOLDMAN@aol.com>
         The benefit of being able to look at a filter element is the ability
    to take some recourse if problems pop up. Inability to inspect stops
    one from not knowing (although, for some, there is solace in that).
    "If I can't see it, it must not be there."
     

I think the thrust of Rich's argument is in the snippet, which I would summarize as "Don't test and trust.  Instead,
inspect and verify often."

However, it can be argued that inspection is a form of test.  In which case, the viewpoints meld together like the
colors in a 70's rock video and become the one true way of quality assurance zen...Test early and often.

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