Fuel filters

I've been using Great Planes Precision fuel filters and was wondering what other people use? I picked these filters because they are small but the local RC store only has the HUGE ones from differant manufacturers in stock. They are willing to order anything but I don't know what would be the right ones for .40 size planes. ##### Trap, Carl Coldberg, the all plastic through away ones? What do you guys use?

Hi Guys,
I use the Master Air Screw filters. The are small, cheep and do the trick. I change all of my filters once a year, at the beginning of flying season. No failures yet after 4 years.

Mike Clark

"Chance Favors The More Prepaired Person"

I've always used ##### traps, but recently, I tried a car filter from Traxx via Great Planes. It's a sort of long filter that unscrews with a tubular screen not unlike a paint screen in an HVLP gun. Seems to work very well.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXEMJ8&P=7

>Hi Guys,
>I use the Master Air Screw filters. The are small, cheep and
>do the trick. I change all of my filters once a year, at the
>beginning of flying season. No failures yet after 4 years.
>
>Mike Clark

I too, have been using the disposable Master Airscrew filters but find they tend to come apart after a few uses.

Richard Oliver was selling some excellent small filters that worked great on all our engines up to the .61s!

Does anyone know where to get these quickly?

LAST EDITED ON May-04-06 AT 02:01 PM (CST)
 
I got mine from Jett at the Toledo show but I think they are available on the website also. I use them for everything including the PA65. Any of the screw together units can be made much more reliable by putting a piece of shrink tubing over them and shrinking it tight.

When you need to clean them, cut it off and replace.

Unlike the glued together units, these have never given me one problem.

Curt

PS: I also use a large filter on the fueling jug so nothing should be in the tank to begin with.

>Richard Oliver was selling some excellent small filters that
>worked great on all our engines up to the .61s!
>
>Does anyone know where to get these quickly?
>
>Big Bear <><
>Character: It's what you do when
>no one else is watching.

I just got some filter's from Central Hobbies and they look just like the one's I got from Richard Olever's and the service was fast.
Plus you get confermation of order. I think that's a plus that all should use.

Larry <><
AMA 8424

I was using a small fuel filter that screwed together. I don't remember the manufacturer but I was having problems with engine runs and finally discovered that the filter and come partially unscrewed. If you use these things make sure they are tight.

I have arrived at, after many years of leaky filters, using only the ##### traps, where room allows it (they are a little long), and the little screw together filters that Richard Oliver sells. A slight leak in a filter can spoil your whole day (and maybe your airplane).

The ##### traps work very well, and don't leak, with two filter screens, coarse and fine. It is directional so make sure the coarse screen is nearest the tank. A nice touch is that they are see through and dirt and contaminants can be seen without removing the filter. They come in two sizes but the small one is all that I've ever been able to fit in anything. The little filters that Richard sells are very good quality and seal very well if space is tight. They don't have much filter area however, and need to be cleaned often.

A lot of the filters on the market especially the smaller plastic ones leak incessantantly, and aren't worth the risk.

Good info. Does Richard Oliver have a wed site? And for those of you that use the ##### trap small, how long is it i inches? Also an apology to Leonard, I didn't know that we weren't suppose to type XXXX even though it's the manufaturers brand name. Oops.

Richard does have a web site but I can't get it to come up now. I heard talk of computer problems a few days back. Maybe someone else on the forum can provide more info on that.

The small ##### trap filter is 1.25 inches long (approximately).

Here is Richards site.He changed to the new one a few months ago .
http://www.rojett.com/

Dennis Pedersen <><

Melvin and Brenda Schuette of MBS Model supply also sell very nice small filters. Screw together with screen. MBS Supply web page and catalog: www.members.cox.net/mbschuette/ Very fast service and good prices on a lot of stuff we use.

Richard Blatt (H&R Engineering) makes excellent filters that seem to work well in all applications.

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I will post some pictures shortly.

This it what it looks like. Dime for size comparison.

I have used it for engines from a K&B .09 up to the SAITO .80.

Wow Bob, that's small! Do you have a wed address or phone # for H&R?

I get them from Marvin Schuette, MBS model supplies.
don Burke

Kirm - see my post #12.

Thanks Bob.

I hate the plastic ones. While under bladder pressure I have had them separate and what a mess.

Lane