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Old 7th February 2008 | 11:40
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avrflr
 
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I believe the capacity of the tail fuel tank is ~10,000 kgs. Certainly there was plenty of spare volume. The fuel in the tail is used to keep the center of gravity within safe limits, if you filled it up to capacity I suspect the aircraft would not fly far.
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