Welcome Vaughngoalie. Post a lot here and good things will happen. One thing about Stryker's tank is it's very crappy. You see Pink has not cleaned it in some time and it stinks. If you get in it you will know what I mean. Hope to see you on the battle field soon. K.
Actually, I've been working on a radical design and development of an innovative filtration system for a vehicular gas turbine engine in our tank that contains a high efficiency self-cleaning element and is
integrated with the propulsion system for a tenfold increase in filter service interval, a 1/3 reduction in overall pressure loss and a 40 percent reduction in package size. The system consists of self-cleaning, rotating drum barrier filter surrounded by curved
vortex tube precleaner panels and mounted directly to the engine inlet. A water tight external housing is provided to give the system the necessary deep water fording capability. The conceptual design is described as well as the detailed design of both precleaner element and the self-cleaning barrier filter. The full size prototype fabrication and testing is described to demonstrate operational integrity and cleanability. I will be offering up my prototype to STRYKER in the near future.
Over and out.