I have thought about the problem of keeping the pickup covered during climb
and descent.
How much of a climb angle would be tolerated before a problem develops.
Riding down to Sun&Fun in the Bonanza I decided the angles involved were
just too shallow to be a factor.
Maybe that's
because you were in a Bonanza :-)
In previous
versions, I had a problem with the oil level being too high in the front cover
area. This time around, I extended the pickup tube a half inch, and
shortened the dipstick tube a half inch, both to make up for the sandwich mount
plate. This half inch of oil level reduction hasn't probably
helped as much as I'd like.
I'm almost
certain that the main annoying oil leak I've had is oil that's being thrown at
the CAS, and leaking past the stock o-ring. McMaster Carr has
metric o-rings that are .5mm thicker, so I just put one of those in for a
tighter fit. While the CAS was out, I looked in the hole, and found
that the oil sits pretty darn high in 3 point stance on the ground, and this
isn't nearly what I can achieve in climb.
The last
couple flights have been with the oil on the full mark, and I've started to
get some oil collected in the vent catch line. In other
words, if I do this again, I'd make a conscious effort to lower the oil
level even further.
Rusty (Navy's not
flying on Mothers Day, how sweet)