Thanks all for the advice. I'll be using a Corvair motor which is currently at a machine shop for the rebuild. Will likely go with wing tanks and a smaller header tank.
On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 8:56 AM Flesner <fles...@frontier.com> wrote: > On 11/15/2021 5:30 PM, Brett Lombardi wrote: > > I’m installing stainless fuel tanks in wing stubs in order to have room > > behind the panel of my KR2-S. > > Brett > > N# TBD > > ________________________________ > > In addition to W&B, what engine are you using and how are you getting it > fuel? Engine driven fuel pump, electric pump? No header tank = no > gravity feed. With an engine driven pump you'll want a backup electric > pump and with no engine fuel pump you'll want two electric pumps. With > no engine pump consider backup electrical for the pumps. I lost my main > buss at 10 hours in testing and backup battery saved my bacon. It is > simply a small 4 AH battery with it's own switches and breakers (see > photo, bottom center, red panel). I check voltage and operation of > backup system before engine start on each flight. One change often > leads to two or three others. > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/80vfxo460jws8kp/flight%20to%20walnut%20ridge.jpg?dl=0 > > Larry Flesner > ________________________________ > -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -Change list delivery options at > https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board > -Search recent KRnet Archives at > https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ > -Search <https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/-Search> > John Bouyea's decades of archive at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/ ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/
