Originally Posted by
Miles Magister
A good article. I have been teaching my co-pilots about this for years. I am glad to see it is getting exposure to a wider audience. It is important to pay attention to the density.
The old 727 manual told us that the aircraft had volumetric compensators with washing lines(small diameter tubes) which have an open end pointed at one of the compensators. During fueling, a jet of fuel from the tube is aimed at one of the compensators to cause local mixing of fuel(most effective at max fuelling pressure). All this to compensate for stratification and differing fuel types.
I assume the other Boeing types have the same or similar. Does your typical high end bizjet have this?