kontiuka Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 I've been reading through the manual and just have a couple of questions. 1. It says in the manual that the boost pump allows for inverted flight up to 30 seconds. I turned off the boost pump and I was still able to fly inverted for about 30 seconds. Should it behave this way? 2. The tool tip for the Fuel Quantity Selector says "Center Wing Tank Qty". Should it actually say "Fuselage Tank Qty" instead as that is the quantity you are seeing when you press the button?
JuanOscar Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 I've been reading through the manual and just have a couple of questions. 1. It says in the manual that the boost pump allows for inverted flight up to 30 seconds. I turned off the boost pump and I was still able to fly inverted for about 30 seconds. Should it behave this way? 2. The tool tip for the Fuel Quantity Selector says "Center Wing Tank Qty". Should it actually say "Fuselage Tank Qty" instead as that is the quantity you are seeing when you press the button? Starting from the end. 2.- You are right, english tip label is wrong. 1.- It is not just the boost pump, it's also a feed cell inside of fuselage tank, surrounding the pump, and allows a few quantity of fuel available, in case of negative Gs, as the rest of the fuel will go to the top of the tank, leaving the pump which is in the bottom with no fuel to feed the engine. This feel cell prevent this, remaining this few quantity to keep the engine running at least for 30 seconds. On figure 3-27, it's the item number 4. In any case what you said is interesting, as disconnecting the pump, it's still feeding the engine. I have to study this, thanks for your feedback. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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