Well, good to hear that you are getting some work done on your plane. As
they keep saying here, keep at it, it's all worth it.
And I wouldn't be in too great a rush to rivet that floor either. Remember,
riveting is the easy part, so if that's all you have left near the end, you
will be done very quickly.
Good luck. Felt like summer outside today, but unfortunately have to work...
Walter
-----Original Message-----
From:
mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:
mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of Terry
Dazey
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 8:17 AM
To:
rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] Rebel/Elite Gascolator Location Revisited
Hello Walter:
At this point, I am beginning to think you are correct.
The reason that I was trying to locate and mount the gascolator now was that
I need to run my last piece of aluminum fuel line from the (between the
seats) in-floor selector valve to the gascolator in one run (without putting
in a Union) so I could close the inside cockpit floor, mount
the gear and get it off of the work bench. As stated before, it is kind of a
"Catch 22". Basically, I need to accomplish the fuel line run from the
selector valve to the gascolator before I can close the floor, before I
install the landing gear.
I was recalling when I built the Long-EZ. Burt had his plans drawings of the
firewall with all associated stuff that gets attached to it. I went by the
plans and drilled the holes where measurements were, mounted the accessories
(i.e.. the throttle/mixture cables, battery cables, fuel
pump, gascolator, air filter etc.). I didn't even have the engine purchased
at the time! Months later, once I had engine purchased, it was a matter of
bolting it to the mount, hooking the controls up and making baffling/cowl.
Everything fit by using his drawings. I think that Van's
and Glastar call out where stuff should be located on their firewalls (with
specific engines). That is why I was convinced that, by now, someone might
have some standard dimensions (coordinates) where things mount to the
firewall for the popular O320/O360 engine. It seems like the
position of things like location of the starter/alternator, accessory case,
throttle, mixture, fuel inlet at the carb etc. for those engines wouldn't
change too much (even with the different versions) and folks installing said
engine in their Rebel/Elite would somewhat, down-the-road,
have figured out similar, optimum installations of their firewall goodies.
Unfortunately, it looks like it is "do your own thing" and I am caught in a
"Catch 22".
Thanks for the information on thing fitting close. I think that I will run
the fuel line from the selector valve and stop it 4 inches aft of the
firewall where a Union will go. I will run the remainder of the fuel line
from that point to the gascolator when an engine is purchased.
Thanks again Walter.
Happy (water) flying . . .
Terry Dazey
Rebel 662
Lake Tapps, Washington USA
WALTER KLATT wrote:
Terry, if it were me, I would wait until I had the engine and exhaust
before I finalized those locations, or put any holes through the firewall.
There are many variants of engines, carb locations, exhaust, motor mounts,
etc, and all that stuff has to fit pretty close together there.
Walter
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Dazey <
dazey@earthlink.net>
Date: Monday, April 3, 2006 12:27 pm
Subject: [rebel-builders] Rebel/Elite Gascolator Location Revisited
Hello Group:
For those that have their engine installation completed or flying.
I am building a Rebel with O320 or possibly O360 clone with Aircraft
Exhaust Technologies dual Exhaust and MAM fiberglass cowl. I also plan
to use Van's throttle/mixture plate. I DO NOT have an engine
installed,but need to mount the gascolators now.
Initially, I was thinking of mounting the gascolator 7 or 8 inches to
the left of centerline on the firewall, but noticed in some photos
thatthe dual exhaust pipes come mighty close to that area. My
question is
that, if I elect to mount my Andair Gascolator on the centerline
of the
firewall (with heat shield) to place it between the exhaust pipes
and to
keep it away maximum distance from the exhaust pipes, can I feel
confident that nothing will be required to be mounted in that location
in the future? Will the throttle, mixture cables etc. location clear
enough to the right of centerline and line up properly? Any other
gotchas? Suggestions?
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