You are correct. It will not start on the ground without pumps. It also probably would not start in the air with no pumps. What I said was it continued to run with no pumps. The facets are reliable as many of us have proven.
Mark Jones Sent from my iPhone 6 > On Jun 12, 2017, at 4:00 PM, Dave Acklam via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
