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Old 1st Jan 2014, 11:36
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CJ Romeo
 
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I'm not from the aircraft industry, but an engineer, in my game a check valve jamming shut against a positive head is virtually unheard of, usual failure mode is to pass in the other direction, though I am used to higher pressures and water / oil, not kerosene type fuels at low pressure.

Can a helicopter engineer comment, as I don't feel this is a likely failure mode.
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