ORIGINAL: tuwood
I went to the field once & my trusty electric pump wouldn't work. I was so determined to fly that I hooked the fill line up to the clunk line & started sucking on the vent line. It took me around 5 minutes but I got her filled up & a nice little taste of nitro to boot.
My flight instructor's son has a dilapidated Hangar 9 Xtra Easy 2 w/ a Easy Fly 40 wing. The engine is a O.S. .40 FP with about 20,000 gallons through it, and it still pulls that Xtra Easy along. He soloed last November after 8 years of on and off flight training, and now the Xtra Easy 2 w/ Easy Fly 40 wing hangs from their garage as a trophy. Also, all the field gear he used is still working, sometimes better than mine! His starter which he named Trusty Rusty cranks the engine faster than mine, even if we use the same battery.