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Old 3rd July 2025 | 03:36
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Someone Somewhere
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NGS and HYD L are in the lower right.
It looks like there isn't a dedicated NGS motor controller; instead it is powered from either the HYD L CMSC or the cabin air compressor R2 CMSC.

Running two motors simultaneously on the same variable-frequency drive is considered possible but not preferred in industry; I am not sure whether it's something Boeing does. I would be expecting to stop the motors, rearrange the contactors, then restart the motors.




As for vacuums... remember it can't be 3000PSI of suck; suck isn't a thing. It's ambient pressure pushing in. At sea level you have ~15PSI of air pushing the fuel into the pump; at altitude it might be 7-8PSI. You don't want a near-perfect vacuum on the fuel because then it starts to boil on you.
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