"Jay Honeck" wrote:
If the flight is longer than an hour, we will then run the tips in 15 minute
increments. (Or 10, or 20 -- whatever it takes to keep them even when we
arrive at our destination.) In our plane, having 17 gallons WAY out at the
end of the wing means that you had better keep things balanced, or you're
gonna be flying tipped at an angle pretty quickly!

If I understand what you're saying, you always take off with the tips
filled, even for a short flight. If that's the case, aren't you hauling
200 lbs of fuel around all the time that you don't really need? If your
mains give you (I'm guessing here) 4 hours endurance, and you're planning a
1 hour flight, I would think having 3 hour reserve would be more than
enough for even the most conservative pilot.

It sounds like (correct me if I'm wrong), that if you're making a 1:20
flight, you'll run 0:30 on one main, 0:30 on the other, 0:10 on one tip,
0:10 on the other tip, then switch back to one of the mains for landing?