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Old January 16th 08, 04:38 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Thomas Borchert writes:

Just looked, and the MSFS Baron does NOT have a BOTH selector position.
The real one doesn't either, neither does the Bo.


The Dreamfleet Bonanza has such a position, for reasons previously explained.

The Dreamfleet Baron has a system that feeds each engine from its respective
tank(s), with the option of a cross-feed if required. As far as I know, this
is the same as the real thing.
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Old January 16th 08, 04:39 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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On Jan 16, 9:54 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Thomas Borchert wrote :

Tina,


Bertie, MX may not be overqualified as ballast.


Ah, but he might start to talk.


True..

You'd have to come up with an appropriate method to keep him quiet!

Bertie


""Computer - this is a Class A Priority Directive: Compute, to the
last digit, the value of pi."
"No - no - no - nooooooo!"
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Old January 16th 08, 04:41 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Gig 601XL Builder writes:

I want you to do an easy experiment that will show you the problem with
a non gravity feed system that uses a "both" position.

Take a glass of water and two drinking straws. Put one of the straws in
the water and hold the other out side of the glass. Now put both straws
in your mouth and suck. Unless you are doing something to block the
straw that isn't in the water you will find it very hard to get a drink.
The same thing happens with a non gravity feed fuel system in the "both"
mode.


Add a fuel pump.
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Old January 16th 08, 05:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Hi,

In article ,
wrote:
Gig 601XL Builder writes:

I want you to do an easy experiment that will show you the problem with
a non gravity feed system that uses a "both" position.

Take a glass of water and two drinking straws. Put one of the straws in
the water and hold the other out side of the glass. Now put both straws
in your mouth and suck. Unless you are doing something to block the
straw that isn't in the water you will find it very hard to get a drink.
The same thing happens with a non gravity feed fuel system in the "both"
mode.


Add a fuel pump.


You sucking provides the analog to the fuel pump.

Andy

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Old January 16th 08, 05:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
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Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Gig 601XL Builder writes:

I want you to do an easy experiment that will show you the problem
with a non gravity feed system that uses a "both" position.

Take a glass of water and two drinking straws. Put one of the straws
in the water and hold the other out side of the glass. Now put both
straws in your mouth and suck. Unless you are doing something to
block the straw that isn't in the water you will find it very hard to
get a drink. The same thing happens with a non gravity feed fuel
system in the "both" mode.


Add a fuel pump.


Moron.


Bertie
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Old January 16th 08, 05:12 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
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Jon wrote in
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On Jan 16, 9:54 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Thomas Borchert wrote
:

Tina,


Bertie, MX may not be overqualified as ballast.


Ah, but he might start to talk.


True..

You'd have to come up with an appropriate method to keep him quiet!

Bertie


""Computer - this is a Class A Priority Directive: Compute, to the
last digit, the value of pi."
"No - no - no - nooooooo!"


Heh heh. You're assuming his brain works n some sort of logical fashion.

I think merely being outside of his bedroom would lock his head up

Bertie
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Old January 16th 08, 05:14 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Bob Moore wrote in
46.128:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote
Xactly. I know of an RV6 where they installed a selector with a both"
position "in the interest of safety" How it got past the DAR I have no
idea, but it crashed on it's second flight........


I have lots of time in YAK-52s, no tank selector at all, just
a fuel ON/OFF switch. Works very well.



Must have some system to get around the problem. It has wing tanks?
Or dos it feed to the engine out of a header tank which is in turn fed by
the wing tanks?


Bertie
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Old January 16th 08, 05:15 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
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Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Thomas Borchert writes:

Just looked, and the MSFS Baron does NOT have a BOTH selector
position. The real one doesn't either, neither does the Bo.


The Dreamfleet Bonanza has such a position, for reasons previously
explained.



Actually it has it to dumb it down for idiots like you.


Bertie
 




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