refueling high wing planes

[eightyknots]

Does anyone know whether Storch sells the onboard fuel pump set-up for use in other planes? It sounds like a great idea for all light high-wing planes :-)

 

Perhaps Pipistrel sells them as an aftermarket product?

 

 

[Guest Walter Buschor]

Like most I just stand on a ladder and hold the can whilst grunting over the weight of the fuel.

 

I remember seeing some very expensive collapsible concertina type "jerry cans" . They could be used with an appropriate adaptor. Idea being that you simply stand on the thing whilst holding the "adaptor , hose, nozzle" and remove your foot when finished. Perhaps worth a try for someone wanting to spend upwards of $400 on it.

 

I just keep putting up with my leaking and crossthreading red rubbish cans and eat my weetbix.

 

fly safe

 

Walter

 

 

[jetjr]

Tanami Pumps | Tanami Pro | Canning | Birdsville | Eyre | Pilbara | Wilcannia | Fraser

 

These are used in off road situations, they often have small air comp on board.

 

No reason they wouldnt work with hand or foot pump.

 

 

[eightyknots]

Saw a member of our club last weekend refuelling his Cub Savage. He was using the "old style" metal Jerry can with Earth wire/clamp attached & he had made up a setup for the opening of the jerry can which he connected a very small 12v air compressor to which he powered off a small dry cell battery. He just left the jerry can sitting on the ground & put the hose in the tank with the air pressure pushing the fuel up the hose.

I hope that the motor has some kind of spark shielding around it.

 

 

[eightyknots]

Does anyone know whether Storch sells the onboard fuel pump set-up for use in other planes? It sounds like a great idea for all light high-wing planes :-)Perhaps Pipistrel sells them as an aftermarket product?

I wonder if they do?

 

 

[hihosland]

For a while I used a LiLo foot pump to pressurise a Jerry can with air and force the fuel up into the aircraft.

 

I gave that idea away when thinking that should a spark occur from static or other event a pressurised fuel/air mixture becomes an instant bomb/flame thrower.

 

Without the injection of air the vapour in a Jerry can is probably too rich to explode.

 

I feel that the potential hazard with pressurised fuel/air mixtures just too high to continue using such systems.

 

So back to the step ladder and jerry can

 

Davidh

 

 

[eightyknots]

I gave that idea away when thinking that should a spark occur from static or other event a pressurised fuel/air mixture becomes an instant bomb/flame thrower.