Thread: Running dry?
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Old August 19th 05, 10:20 PM
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In article .com,
"Michael" wrote:

Are your gauges accurate enough to reliably tell the difference between
30 minutes fuel at 60% power and empty in tyubulent air?
Will your fuel computer account for fuel that leaves via a cap that has
developed a leak?

Michael


INHO, the biggest error thet the "don't run it dry" crowd fails to grasp
is that, at the end of the flight, it is far better to have that 45
minutes of fuel in a single tank, rather than scattered among three or
four tanks totaling 45 minutes worth.

That is where a lot of fuel starvation accidents happen. Pilot gets busy
on approach, thinking he has selected a tank with enough fuel in it when
that fuel is in another tank.