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In a message dated 06/06/2006 12:02:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time, marv@lancaironline.net writes:
Is it
possible to run a tank dry and still have fuel onboard? A few years ago I
flew a Glasair I for about 60 hours. I ran a tank dry in the pattern
Most typical Lancair 320/360 models have header tanks as the main source of fuel. Fuel is transferred from the wing tanks to the header tanks via electric pumps, either manually or automatically. So, to answer your question, yes, it is possible to run the header tank dry and still have fuel in the wing tanks.
When Don Goetz test flew my Lancair 360 a few years back, he warned me more than a few times to make sure to remember to pump fuel to the header tank as he knows of a few occasions when the pilot forgot to pump fuel to the header and loss engine power. He said that one of this instances occurred in the traffic pattern and the AC was lost...
Rick Argente
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