At least for my plane, with 5gal in the tank it won't even start without a pump (I tried, right after I hooked the EFS-2 up - No dice. Fuel present all the way through, and it runs on starting fluid, so that (IMHO) leaves insufficient pressure). Given that there is only about 8" of vertical distance between the bottom of the tank and the EFS-2 inlet... It seems that a pumped system will fix this...
Based on what Mark L said, the Great Plains facet pumps should work just-fine... On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Mark Jones via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org > wrote: > > I'm hesitant to rely on the 'facet' type electric pump - they look kind of >> flimsy & if the pump stops the engine quits... >> > > This statement is not necessarily true. Back in the early days of my KR2S > flying with my EFS-3 Corvair engine I had a complete pump failure due to a > broken ground wire. Being young and dumb at the time I had just buzzed my > brother in laws house and went to pull up. I applied full throttle and > nothing happened. Pucker factor: HUGE. I was about 500 feet and was > thinking of nothing but where I was going to land the plane. I headed > straight for the interstate about three miles in front of me. My engine was > running at about 1900 RPM which was enough to keep me level. I was now 13 > miles from the airport which was straight down the interstate. Now > realizing I had a 13 mile runway in front of me I began to calm down and > focused on getting to the airport. No fuel pumps but the engine was sucking > enough fuel through the EFS-3 to keep her airborne. Back at the airport I > found the ground wire which serviced both pumps had broken. The Facet pumps > themselves never failed me in 549 flight hours I put on my KR2S. > I may have sold my KR2S but I still have the memories. The worst memory is > selling the plane. I wish I could go back and reverse that sale. > > Mark Jones (N886MJ) > Dunedin, FL > > E-mail: flyk...@gmail.com > Web: www.flykr2s.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/k > r...@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
