Flight Sim Mega thread: You had me at "longest shaft in the market"

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > Flight Sim Mega thread: You had me at "longest shaft in the market"

Gomez Chamberlain: Mar 22, 2005; ^{Subakh ul kuhar!}

Dramicus posted:

I know it's different for every plane, but when approximately should one be switching fuel tanks between right and left?

Say a plane has 30 gallons in each tank, should we consider switching around 25, 20, 15?

Often this is called-out in the POH for a particular aircraft if it doesn't feed from left and right simultaneously. I was taught to do it every 15 mins of flight, and switch to the fullest tank on approach.

EDIT: 15 mins is a rule-of-thumb kind of thing. Consider your fuel burn and weight and balance, if you're rolling left and feeding left, you probably want to check balance between tanks.

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