Originally Posted by
Pilot DAR
If you need all of that fuel for your planned flight, you're expecting too much from the plane. Concentrate more on very effective use of fuel and optimum power settings, rather than squeezing every last drop in, then plan your flight with the required and wise reserves, and you'll be fine. Some planes just cannot do some things, and range is certainly a limit for all types!
Agreed!!
Originally Posted by
Pilot DAR
That said, I really like planes with mulitple tanks, so you can safely run some tanks bone dry, and then have a good idea what is left. A Cessna 310 I used to fly had 6 tanks. You could run 4 dry, and know the remaining fuel with some precision. Ideal arrangement if you managed it well.
I have supposedly double tanks, but they work as 1 system and share a filler cap too. Therefore it´s just a larger tank, really.
But I get your point, would be good to have.
Originally Posted by
patowalker
132 litres? I thought the Patriot/Tayrona had 2 x 45 litre tanks.
Correct Pato!
But I took the extended range option--> "double tanks" in each wing, see above. It´s not really double though……….
In Portuguese, it describes the additional 40 liters in the below document:
http://www.aerobravo.com.br/imagens/patriot_pdf.pdf
Which by the way, explains my user name, HAHA!
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