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Old 28th Nov 2009, 15:42
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nnc0
 
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Somebody at airbus said off the record that....

Those kind of things need to be taken with a grain of salt.

Physically, the collector cells lie between ribs 1 and 2, the upper and lower skins, with a one way valve for (inner) wing tank fuel to flow into the collector cell but not out. The cells have 2 pumps, fore and aft placed in opposite corners.

Once the fuel resides in a collector cell, the only way it exits that cell is through a pump to an engine. (It won't slosh/drain over to the other wing in a steep turn)

FIT would need to read 0 before the engine would flame out.

Having said all that, I understand that you can in fact flame out the engine but you would need to hold an fairly excessive angle in pitch and roll attitude or high g load for more than a few minutes, or be inverted.
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