Graham,
I'm sure you are correct; probably EAL 'spin' that makes it look like thier
idea. Mod 38 (the drilling of the small holes in the rear face of hte vent
tubes) did however come about immediately following Peter Kember's (not Jon
Tye's as I had thought) reported difficulties with rainwater ingress:
http://www.matronics.com/searching/getmsg_script.cgi?INDEX=1315446?KEYS=rain_&_vent_&_fuel_?LISTNAME=Europa?HITNUMBER=243?SERIAL=1620198159X?SHOWBUTTONS=YES
Duncan McF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Singleton" <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Fuel vent opening ideas wanted
> <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
>
> The small rear facing hole was specified by Burt Rutan, to create a small
> flow of air through the vent allowing water that blew in to blow out
> again. This was in order to reduce the risk of the vent icing up. (Burt
> designed the EZs among many others and was the inspiration for the
> Europa.)
> Each of the four present at the barside chats in Yorkshire while the
> Europa was forming in Ivan's head built an EZ. We wanted an EZ that would
> operate from small grass fields.
>
> Graham
>
> Duncan & Ami McFadyean wrote:
>
>> <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
>>
>> <<... I have not heard of this being a problem>>
>>
>> Inflight rainwater ingress was a problem for Jon Tye (I think it was)
>> and resulted in the mod requiring a small rear-facing hole to be made in
>> the back of the exposed part of the vent.
>>
>
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