PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Police helicopter crashes onto Glasgow pub
Old 7th Dec 2013, 14:58
  #751 (permalink)  
RotaryWingB2
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 55 degrees north ish.
Age: 53
Posts: 178
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Fuel quantiy probes are capacitive.

Low fuel sensor is a temperature operated switch. I.e. It gets hot when there's no fuel on it and brings on a caption. Separate circuits.

Supply tanks are different capacities, meaning #2 would flame out 90 to 180 seconds before #1.
RotaryWingB2 is offline