Our local A&P (Rotax expert) came by just as I made final checks to the wiring in order to fire up (just a figure of speech) the avionics.
When we turned on the master, the fuel pump clicked away.
He said to turn it off because of the absence of fuel. (Of course).
No switch for the pump. He was confused by this. We pulled the pump fuse and then turned on the avionics. All of the planes he worked on (too numerous to list) - plus the plane I flew (Remos) to get my ticket used a switch to control the fuel pump because you don't need it for
normal flight.
Why no switch?
When we turned on the master, the fuel pump clicked away.
He said to turn it off because of the absence of fuel. (Of course).
No switch for the pump. He was confused by this. We pulled the pump fuse and then turned on the avionics. All of the planes he worked on (too numerous to list) - plus the plane I flew (Remos) to get my ticket used a switch to control the fuel pump because you don't need it for
normal flight.
Why no switch?