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Old Feb 10, 2019, 6:22 am
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Originally Posted by Jagboi
One for pilots: On aircraft with multiple fuel tanks, will the computers automatically switch to a full tank when the current one being drawn from is empty, or does the changeover have to be done manually?
Its mainly automatic these days - either computer controlled or by first use tank pumps having a higher output pressure than later use tanks. However, with the normal amount of backups and redundancy the pilots can override or manually control things. In general the designers try to design out manual input errors for everyday operation.
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