External Fuel Tank transfer[Answered]

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rnurse.bc
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External Fuel Tank transfer[Answered]

Post by rnurse.bc » Thu Sep 17, 2020 1:28 pm

Hello,

I install the external fuel tanks, whether just one or all three. However when I start the engines, and I select the Center fuel tank to transfer from, but the fuel in the wings still decrease as I see the fuel gauge decreasing. From what I remember the fuel gauge is only suppose to decrease when the external tanks are empty.

How do I transfer from the external tanks instead of the internal tanks?

JonathanBleeker
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Re: External Fuel Tank transfer

Post by JonathanBleeker » Thu Sep 17, 2020 1:59 pm

If you run afterburners, you will drain the wings faster than the external tanks can pump.

rnurse.bc
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Re: External Fuel Tank transfer

Post by rnurse.bc » Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:07 pm

Ok so the tanks drain from the external tanks and internal tanks simultaneously then?

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Re: External Fuel Tank transfer

Post by JonathanBleeker » Thu Sep 17, 2020 6:40 pm

Yes. The external tanks are pumped into the internal tanks, not directly into the engine.


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