EXTERNAL AIR FILTER

FIVE YEARS AGO AFTER NORMA AND I RETIRED FROM ROCKWELL SHE FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND ME FROM SPACE
SYSTEMS DIVISION WE BOUGHT INTO A DRY LAKE AIRSTRIP, PART OF THE CALICO DRY LAKE IN YERMO CA. THE
SURFACE IS MUCH LIKE MUROC (EDWARDS AFB). THERE WAS AN OBVIOUS POTENTIAL PROBLEM "DUST". THE FIRST
DEVIATION I MADE FROM PLANS WAS THE PLACEMENT OF THE AIR FILTER. I HAD TO GET TO IT EASILY TO CLEAN. I
CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA AFTER HAVING TO REMOVE THE COWLING TO GET TO THE FILTER FOR THE UMPTEENTH
TIME,  AND FOUND MYSELF PUTTING OFF THE JOB. I NOT ONLY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA BUT ALSO A NEW RULE
"MAKE IT EASY TO GET TO AND YOU WILL GET TO IT" HERE GOES;
 
VIEW OF THE AIR SCOOP FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PLANE. THE SCOOP IS 2" HIGH AND 8" LONG.
 
 
 
  VIEW OF THE AIR SCOOP FACING AFT. THE SCOOP IS 7" WIDE AND HAS A SEPARATOR FOR STRENGTH. THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE SCOOP FITS INTO A POCKET ON THE COWLING TO PREVENT SEPARATION AND IS HELD IN PLACE WITH 6 AN525R-A32R10 (WASHERHEAD SCREWS)
 
 
VIEW OF THE FILTER HOUSING IN THE LOWER COWLING .
 
 
VIEW OF THE FILTER ELEMENT WITH THE AIR SCOOP REMOVED. NOTE THE INTEGRAL SEAL OF THE FILTER. THE POCKET IN WHICH THE AIR SCOOP FITS INTO IS VISIBLE ON THE LOWER PART OF THE PICTURE.
 
 
VIEW OF FILTER POCKET WITH THE SCREEN GUARD.
 
 
FILTER ELEMENT, 1" X 6" X 6". AVAILABLE AT ANY AUTOPARTS STORE( SHOWN IS A-3915 FROM KRAGEN).
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