Thought you had a VW engine. My mistake. On my sub I ran 2 pumps 1 on when key was on 2nd on a switch. I had a fuel pressure gage to.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 12, 2017, at 2:39 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/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
