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From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
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Posted for "Richard T. Schaefer" <schaefer@rts-services.com>:

  In a coordinated turn the GAS will not move.
  If you do NOT keep the plane coordinated during increased and decreased
  power settings the fuel WILL move the same direction as the ball.

> <When you take off....if you are on the right tank, the fuel is being pushed
> towards the pickup.>
> 
> I always plan takeoff and landing on the right tank. For landing, you are
> generally making left turns to final which keeps the right wing high and 
>allows
> for better pickup of fuel from the right tank. Alternatively, with low fuel 
>and
> the left tank selected, a normal left turn to final might create problems for
> fuel pickup.
> 
> Matt McManus
> LNC2 360