Capitaine wrote:
I’m surprised they’re still flying.
Why are you surprised? They are magnificent planes…
tmo wrote:
Why are you surprised? They are magnificent planes…
Sorry, I meant I was surprised more people don’t run out of fuel. Maybe they don’t all have such a complicated system.
I see this one regularly which is impressive (Pilot article). There’s no mention of the fuel system except to take off on the main tank as it’s the only one vented for full fuel flow, and the procedure for running a tank dry.
Capitaine wrote:
A French Staggerwing landed in a field a few years ago because one of the fuel selectors had broken
The same thing happened to a Mooney 201 a couple of years back. And that one has a bog easy 2 tanks system, but that does not help if the fuel selector breaks and simply turns freely instead of actually switching tanks.
This is a good example of a complex fuel system: the B52
Peter wrote:
This is a good example of a complex fuel system: the B52
Anyone having flown with Twin Cessnas should understand it in a jiffy…
But on the serious side, the B52 has a flight engineer and for a reason.