GESchwarz
Well-Known Member
I understand that a lot of people have died due to fuel starvation because the pilot, for any one of a number of reasons, didn't know that he was running on an empty tank, when there was plenty of fuel on board, in another tank or tanks.
My questions are... Why are we doing this to ourselves?...Why do we design fuel systems that make it so easy to make such mistakes? If you have a tank in each wing, why must there be a selector valve to draw from one or the other?...Why not just draw from both, or all?
Another question...What is the purpose of a header tank? Personally I don't like the idea of a store of fuel between me and the engine. I want the fuel as far from me and an ignition source as possible.
My questions are... Why are we doing this to ourselves?...Why do we design fuel systems that make it so easy to make such mistakes? If you have a tank in each wing, why must there be a selector valve to draw from one or the other?...Why not just draw from both, or all?
Another question...What is the purpose of a header tank? Personally I don't like the idea of a store of fuel between me and the engine. I want the fuel as far from me and an ignition source as possible.
