A manual nitro fuel pump which doesn't leak or leak soon after?

[jimmyhorns]

Ive had a cheap (£10) one from my LHS for the last 3 years and not had any issues...

Certainly not an item worth spending big bucks on.

James

[spiderspid]

I bought one of the mickey bling " optifuel " ones that screw to the top of the bottle , I have not used it in about a year but ,used it for 2 years without any probs at all

[KnifeEdge]

i have ordered one of these :

Sullivan STREAMER™ 12V Field Pump S752

Fed up with filling a 660ml tank

[LaurenceGough]

Laurence - I have the American peristaltic one - I think its called a six shooter - nothing to go wrong with it - your for a tenner if you want it just PM me your address. I have no need for it now as it wouldnt like paraffin !!!!

Thanks for the offer, I was very close to taking you up on it as it is such as simple design but I heard it is slow to fill tanks with it, probably no problem with a plane tank but these 700's have big tanks lol, any slower than a normal pump wouldn't be much fun.

i have ordered one of these :

Sullivan STREAMER™ 12V Field Pump S752

Fed up with filling a 660ml tank

Maybe I will give this a go linked to small lipo it should be pretty compact still, hopefully I can find a way to attach it to my bottle clamp.

yuppyflyer that pump has good reviews on it, I will look into it thanks.

Cheers guys

[helijohn]

This thread interests me because I am curious as to what peeps think is a good pump. I have had my hand pump for years and years; it has a Q on the name on the front. It looks a little like this one Thunder Tiger Hand Crank Fuel Pump (Nitro) | eBay and I wanted to get another like it but wanted a high capacity version.



I was just thinking about getting a new one - I tried electric and find a hand pump less fuss - so I looked here.Robbe Hand Crank Glow Fuel Pump | Midland Helicopters Ltd but a pic wouldn't show.

The one I'm using now is a Prolux Fast Fueler and it has been working perfectly for at least two years. I don't remember exactly when I got it but I know it has been at least that long and it's still going strong.

This sounds like a good one. This is what I am looking for, one which comes highly recommended.

I've had a Robbe hand crank pump for years and it still works perfectly.

I wonder if mine is a Robbe or maybe Hirobo.

I find they last longer if you just use them to fill and don't drain the tank, as you draining the fuel and also the harmful acids which are in the tank from the exhaust gases.

That is a good point - ironically when I was using an electric pump I drained with the hand pump. lol

Its just a tenner every couple of years :P any of those above links will do the job nicely

It all adds up though don't you think!!

[pchristy]

I've been using one of the MK Hyper Mini Hand Pumps for more than 12 years without a leak, cost me £19 back then and even more now (£26)but its been perfect.

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I'll second that! I've had mine so long, I can't remember when I bought it - but its still perfect!

[helijohn]

I just ordered a Quickuk pump which looks very much like the fast fueller.

[helijohn]

The Quickuk pump arrived the other day, Quick are very quick as always. I pumped some fuel through it and to my horror some bits appeared in the header tank.........................so I cleaned out the tank and then it leaked!!

In retrospect I know I should have pumped some fuel through it beforehand but there you go. Live and learn.