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Old 29th Jan 2019, 16:10
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One risk of the fixed tank system is the uplift pump. has to be very carefully monitored....as it will slurp up water until the tank overflows.

A malfunction that prevents stopping the uplift can get serious very quickly.

I am not sure how the Crane system works....but on the Huey/212/412....that took some monitoring especially as you are single pilot.


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