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Old 12-28-2004 | 12:34 PM
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is it necesary to buy a fuel pump or can i just fill the tank with a fuel bottle?
Old 12-28-2004 | 12:41 PM
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It's not 100% necessary, you could fill it other ways, but I'd rate it at 95%. I consider a manual fuel pump, an appropriate length of fuel tubing, and a fuel cap that has a fuel and vent line through it to be essential. This setup simplifies fueling and allows you to keep the fuel as clean as possible.
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Get the fuel pump.
Old 12-28-2004 | 02:27 PM
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you must be used to rc nitro vehicles? planes don't have tanks with caps on them, although you could add one, it would be difficult to get to. fuel bottles work well if you can put fuel directly into the tank, and they are basically useless with a plane.

anyway, as others have mentioned, get yourself a mechanical pump, it is just part of the cost of flying...
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You can also use a syringe and a bit of tubing if you want. I keep one around as a backup in case my pump dies at a contest.

In theory, you could set up a gravity feed or siphon to take fuel from the bottle in to the tank. Some of the guys at my field who fly gas use a siphon-based system to fill and empty their tank.

Some gas guys also use a pressure system, where an air pump pressurizes the fuel bottle, pushing fuel in to the airplane, or creates a small vacume to suck it out.

Just make sure that if you go with any of those options, that any rubber bits will hold up to nitro. Lots of bits that stand up to gas disolve in nitro, and some stuff that handles nitro disolves in gas. Some stuff is good with both.

An inexensive hand crank pump really is the easiest and most reliable solution, which is why the vast majority of people start out with one.
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ok thanks i will get a manual fuel pump.
Old 12-28-2004 | 07:09 PM
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if i get this http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXFAW2&P=0 would i need anything else besides Fuel Can Fittings and fuel tubing?
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That should do it, you've got the plane already, right?
Old 12-28-2004 | 08:35 PM
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no im getting one for my birthday and am trying to find out all the extra accesaries to get. cant wait to get it.

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