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craig(at)craigandjean.com
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 Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:56 pm Post subject: Fueling at the hanger (was "Oil Pressure") |
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Pegasus Racing sells the Fast Flo pump system and 5 and 15 gallon jugs. So
far I have bought just the 5 gallon jugs because I don't want to lift the 15
gallon ones in and out of my car. Details at the link below. Also look at
the bottom of the catalog page for the Facet electric fuel transfer pump.
But it only does a gallon a minute while the Fast Flo claims 5 GPM:
http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/2010/052.pdf
-- Craig
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KeysFox
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| Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 6:21 pm Post subject: Fueling at the hanger (was "Oil Pressure") |
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Some years ago a bunch of us fueled our Mooneys, Cessnas and Pipers at our
remote grass strip using okd but cleaned up (read free) 30 and 55 gallon
drums.
We drilled a hole in the large bung hole plug that screws into the top of
the drums and installed a metal tire valve.
We installed a pressure regulator on a portable air tank to feed maybe
three psi into the drum which forced the fuel out thru a hose (with built
in ground wire available at fuel equipment supply houses). The portable
air tank's rubber line had a clamp on connector to hold it in place on the
tire valve at the drum. At the discharge end of the hose was a regular old
style gas station fuel nozzle.
This set up allowed us to stand at the aircraft filler neck and watch the
fuel level come up to the desired level in the wing tanks while we could
check it with a calibrated dip stick.
I still use a self calibrated dip stick to measure the fuel level in the 6
tanks in my Twin Comanche.
The tricky part of the rig described above was finding a fitting that
screwed snugly into the small bung opening in the top of the the drums. We
then welded a smaller diameter pipe to the bottom of that fitting. The
smaller diameter pipe was cut long enough to reach the bottom of the drum
just as the fitting at the welded end of the pipe screwed tightly into the
small drum opening. The fuel hose connected to the outer end of this
fitting.
The drum could remain strapped upright in place in our pickups while
filling it, transporting it, and fueling the plane, with no need to tip
the drum on its side to get fuel to flow thru the small bung opening into
the plane.
For several years I used this set-up to also fill boats, and other toys
and equipment, then Walmart bought our grass strip and kicked us out.
At about that time the twin came along and I got a regular 100 gallon
truck bed tank, with electric pump so I could have fuel when needed at the
next local grass strip.
BJ
N154K
N626NR
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