Brian, I should perhaps have added 'This side of
Budapest'! There the Avgas supplied at the otherwise
fantastic GA airfield of Buduors, came out a horrible
yellow colour and you could imagine lumps in it too. But
the policy has worked well for 12 years.
Regards, David
"Brian Davies" <brian.davies@clara.co.uk> wrote:
> ". I don't bother with the funnel when I am filling from
>an
>
>> airport pump."
>
>
>
> David, you might be interested in the following news
>item;-
>
>
>
> Contaminated fuel caused Cathay A330 incident
>
> By:
> <http://www.flightglobal.com/landingpage/mavis%20toh.html>
> MAVIS TOH
> SINGAPORE
>
> 3 hours ago
>
> * Print <javascript:window.print()>
>
>Fuel contamination has been confirmed as the cause of a
>double engine
> malfunction on a Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 on
>approach to Hong Kong
> International airport (HKIA) in 2010.
>
> In a final report released on 4 September, Hong Kong's
>Civil Aviation
> Department (CAD) says that 24.4t of contaminated fuel
>was uplifed into the
> aircraft at Surabaya's Juanda International airport.
>This caused "stiction"
> - static friction - in the fuel metering unit of both
>engines, leading to
> the total seizure of these components and the loss of
>thrust controls of the
> aircraft during approach to HKIA.
>
> It found that though the aircraft was uplifed with the
>proper grade of fuel,
> it was contaminated with super absorbent polymer (SAP)
>spheres. During the
> flight, some SAP spheres were trapped in the fuel
>metering unit on both
> engines, causing stiction in the unit that resulted in
>engine pressure ratio
> fluctuations.
>
>
>
>
>
> Moral- don't trust airport fuel pumps. I still use my
>Mr Funnel even when I
> uplift from aviation pumps.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Brian
>
>
>
>From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On
>Behalf Of
> roddyeuropa@aol.com
> Sent: 05 September 2013 09:39
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Refilling a Europa by hand
>
>
>
> I have used a polarn oump for a number of years. The
>pump attaches to the
> top of a jerry can and you use a hand air pump to
>pressurize the jerry can.
> Integral tube goes through jerry can fitting from base
>of can to europa
> filler. Takes quite a lot of pumping to get the fuel
>transferred - probably
> 1 - 2 mins per 20l can.See here:
>
> http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motorsport/fuel-containers-funnels/demon-tweek
> s-polarn-pump
> Needs an extension to reach the filler from jerry can on
>the ground.
>
> Roddy Kesterton
>
> G-IKRK
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: Alan Carter <alancarteresq@onetel.net>
> To: europa-list <europa-list@matronics.com>
> Sent: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 16:10
> Subject: Europa-List: Refilling a Europa by hand
>
><alancarteresq@onetel.net>
>
> Hi All.
> My plan is LAA cleared for use with MOGAS.
> I fill it with a 28 litre plastic cann, lifting this
>weight of fuel to above
> my
> shoulders to fill the plan is hard work.
> I know Trans Air do a filler nozzle hand pump, I presume
>this take a lot of
> time
> squeezing the trigger to re fill.??
> Has anyone used or details off , an electric inline pump
>that can be plugged
>
> into the aircrafts AUX power socket, I have not seen any
>on the market, so
> is it
> make your own,??
> Regards.
> Alan
>
>
>
>
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