EP 74 Final Location for the Fuel Pump on my Challenger 2 Ultralight Airplane
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Reluctantly I relocate the fuel pump to a much higher point. This involved serious reworking of the plumbing.
Follow along as I rebuild, repair, and upgrade a Challenger 2 ultralight airplane. Ultimately I will be flying this airplane into the north country of Canada, on fishing and camping trips, as soon as she is ready to fly.
- Challenger 2 with a Rotax 503 Engine
- Puddle Jumper Amphibious Floats
- Kuntzleman Electronics LED anti-collision and strobe lights
- GRT Avionics Sport EX EFIS
- Radiant Instruments backup Altitude/Airspeed/VSI
- Sheer Technologies 17 US Gallon Fuel Tank
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Who ever thought that watching someone contemplate the orientation of tubes on a fuel pump, could be so interesting. Or maybe I'm just more curious than other people.
My next video....watching paint dry! LOL Just kidding.
Credits are so true. Cheap it is. Jets still must lose the conference final to my Kings. The Oilers are not going to advance. As to subscribers everyone wants to see a few bounced landings. Just mount the camera and show yourself beating up the pattern.
Jets losing to Kings?! Thems fightin words! LOL Cheers from Winnipeg.
@@challenger2ultralightadventure Looks like we both have to wait for next season.
I’m not thrilled about your fuel pump location, but I’m sure it will work fine.
Ya, I don't like it either, but it is where everyone else places it, and it will keep the fuel/oil from filling up the diaphragm side of the pump.
Check out other challengers and see where they put there fuel pumps, which I thought was mounted to the block itself. and if your gonna leave it up there, I would definitely put rubber bushings in between the bracket and the pump to dampen the vibrations.
The bracket being mounted to the root tube of the airplane, I don't expect much vibration at all. If it were mounted to the engine half of the mount, then yes, it would most definitely need dampening from vibration. Cheers.
That's a 2 stroke engine, you know this, and thos suckers vibrate like crazy! It's better to be safe than sorry. Looking good though. How's the weight loss coming along btw? I, too, had to be put on a diet. Sucks being borderline diabetic.
@@outlawflyer7868 Slow progress, but progress in the right direction. Losing weight is hard, and it sucks.
Well you can do it and I can do it. So let's do it together. Believe in yourself, bud.
@@outlawflyer7868 Thanks. 😁
When are we gonna see you do some flying?
This summer. I have a few small details to address, then I will be up in the air.
A tip: the real meat in this video should take 2-3 minutes (installing a fuel pump) yet you want us to watch for over 18 minutes. Eg. most of us know how to install a bolt, so fast forward through steps like that. In other words, this is a how to video not a day in the life of a do-it-yourselver. Don't show everything in real time, like taking off a sweater/coat. Edit, edit, edit. I'm sorry to be blunt but after 2 minutes and I saw that things were happening at glacial speed, I exited to type this and find another video.