Originally Posted by
PLeblond
Kind of stupid to me that such a big plane designed for ULH doesn't have a more proficient fuel dumping system, but that probably speaks more to my bias about the ugly uncomfortable thing than the actual engineering.
Lets keep it simple...do you want the ability to make a mistake and dump ALL the fuel from an aircraft? Yes, it's over simplified, but unless your primary feed tanks do NOT have potential holes in them, that can happen. The long explanation involves weight and balance, redundancy, etc.