T, Have you changed your fuel system since this first flight?
Ryan ----- Re: KR> First flight a.. From: Tlongcrier b.. Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 02:05:48 To cut through the chaff, I have nice KR 2 with a VW Type !V, 1835 cc engine, standard VW ignition, Zenith carb and Facet electric full pump......among many other things, of course. On my first flight, after the usual check outs, taxi tests, etc., I went thru my checklist, run up, fuel pump on, etc. pulled out on the runway, eased the throttle forward, tracked straight down the runway, lifted off effortlessly, climbed out to cross wind altitude, etc., etc. It was flying like a dream. My fuel line exits the bottom of my header tank, thru the on/off valve, thru the Facet (electric) fuel pump, turns in a semi-circle, then thru the firewall into the gascalator and then to carb. That's too many angles and turns. My final conclusion is that I was not getting constant, sufficient, gravity flow thru that Facet pump. Fuel pump should stay on all the time as long as this condition exists. This is old hat to most. Fuel pumps.....particularly the Facet....has been thoroughly discussed on this board over the years and most are aware of this. However, to those that are not aware,.....and a reminder to those who are.... the moral to this story is, "Leave that pump on until you know EXACTLY how your system is going to perform." T
