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Old October 5th 06, 05:37 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Doug[_1_]
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Default NW_Pilot's Trans-Atlantic Flight -- All the scary details...

The Garmin unit can handle a stuck guage. THAT has been tested and
accounted for.

Jose wrote:
But the stock Cessna setup would never create
this condition!


That statement is laughable. All it takes is a stuck gauge.

In this case the stuck gauge was caused (I'm of course Monday morning
quarterbacking) by the overpressure in the fuel tank, which was caused
by the aux fuel system. HOWEVER, there are many other sources of stuck
gauges, and to say that "it will never fail" is ludicrous.

Aviation systems are supposed to be =robust=, which means fault
tolerant. Even =many= fault tolerant.

Jose
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