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1. 03:15 AM - Re: Redundant Fuel Pumps (pj.ladd)
2. 03:48 PM - Re: Redundant Fuel Pumps (JetPilot)
3. 06:19 PM - Re: Redundant Fuel Pumps (Dana Hague)
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| Subject: | Re: Redundant Fuel Pumps |
.Hi Rick.
very interesting. Some training , even self training is useful. Just get
plenty of height and sniff around the edge of a LITTLE cloud is fun and
couldn`t do much harm, but it is not part of the training syllabus for
ultralights.
You may be different but here the rule is ONLY VFR and Aerobatics and
intentional spins are prohibited. Seems sense, after all our machines are
built down to a weight not up to a standard. In fact all microlights here
carry a sticker stating that `This aircraft is not constructed to a
internationally recognised standard`
<< I was trained to trust the instruments because your seat of the pants
will mislead you. >>
They will certainly mislead you if you can`t see the horizon
<<. They would have me close my eyes and try to get me disoriented and hand
the controls back in a unusual attitude while wearing a instrument only
hood.>>
All good fun but certainly not a training requirement here. At least not for
ultralights. You may well be given some rudimentary instruction for a full
PPL.but it would be just to give you some experience, not a requirement.We
have an odd sort of `get you home` blind flying certificate in the UK which
no one else in Europe has.It gives you enough basics to stop you falling out
of the sky if you suddenly get caught out, bad weather, low cloud etc. Its a
halfway house between VFR and a full blind flying qualification. It has
saved a number of lives over the years when mainly day time fliers have got
themselves into trouble. We are fighting hard to retain it but it looks as
though it may disappear in the Europewide reorganisation of flying which is
taking place at the moment
.<< The ultralight instructors that basically taught themselves to fly >>
WOW! You mean thast you have uncertified flying instructors? Surely not.
Cheers
Pat
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| Subject: | Re: Redundant Fuel Pumps |
A Kolb MK III is a big enough airplane, that vapor lock and an engine failure could
get you seriously hurt just about anywhere on this planet. Dennis had vapor
lock with AV Gas being gravity fed, you have MUCH GREATER risk of vapor lock
pulling fuel up to an engine like we do in Kolbs. Having an electric fuel
pump at or below the level of the fuel is a huge safety advantage. The electric
fuel pump is cheap, small, and light, no reason not to have one in a Kolb.
Sorry, but this just does not even compare to putting an autopilot or some other
exotic equipment on an ultralight. A facet pump is a small, cheap, basic safety
item to keep fuel going to your engine at all times. Accident and near accident
reports make it very clear that having a small fuel pump can make a small
plane a lot safer. If anyone is wondering, look at the EAA database on how
many engine failures are caused by the fuel system and not the engine, the number
will shock you.
Mike
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| Subject: | Re: Redundant Fuel Pumps |
At 06:15 AM 10/18/2008, pj.ladd wrote:
>.<< The ultralight instructors that basically taught themselves to fly >>
>WOW! You mean thast you have uncertified flying instructors? Surely not.
Well, remember, for a "true" ultralight here, there is NO requirement for
ANY training. Of course we all know that anybody who trains himself has a
fool for an instructor, but in the early days when all ultralights were
single seat, there was a lot of self training or ground supervised "crow
hops"... and a lot of accidents. The creation of the BFI program helped a
LOT, but that's history now. Loggable training (i.e. hours counting toward
any certificate or rating) requires a certified flight instructor, but
there's nothing to prevent a guy with just a Sport Pilot certificate from
informally teaching his buddy to fly in his 2-seat LSA, then the student
goes ahead and solos in a single seat ultralight with no "official" training.
-Dana
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