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Old 23rd Jan 2013, 17:20
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Tu.114
 
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Ok, IŽll bite.

You first add the fuel flow per hour of all the engines You intend to feed from the tank in question. Let me call this figure FF [kg/h] (substitute mass units as required).

Then You determine how much fuel You want burnt off the tank. Let me call that amount M [kg].

The time required to burn up M, assuming no power changes occur in the meanwhile, will be:

M divided by FF equals time required [h]. Multiply this with 60 to achieve the minutes required.

Of course, if You have no CrossFEED, but a CrossFILL installed with no published rate (as in the DH8), there is no real substitute for keeping an eye on the pumping process...
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