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Old 11th Dec 2006, 00:10
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Mega
 
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PA31-350 and fuel tank switching

Hi Guys

Very very sorry about your cousin!
However, regarding the fuel swithing on this aircraft it should not be any problem at all. If you have enough fuel of course.
I flew the PA31-350 for seven years and we always went down to fuel Boostpumplights came on before we switched tanks, or sometimes if we where slow on switching one or both engines vent a bit ruff and starved a bit but they always honked up again without a singel problem. If i remember correctly ( itīs about ten years ago) we could go about 1:50 to 2:00 hours on the outers before swithing to inner tanks.

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