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Old 20th May 2015, 10:01
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Lots of comments about phantom fuel.

Maybe it's time to think not in terms of phantom fuel but fuel that exists due to A/B/C, e.g. due leaking seals etc, but subsequently is actually used as per design using the scavenge pumps.

Unexplained fuel in a centre tank does not mean phantom fuel which implies that it does not exist.

There may be a perfect reason for those tanks to indicate fuel, as explained for various technical reasons, the amount of fuel of which can be indicating a different amount at varying stages of flight due pitch attitude, acceleration/deceleration, turns and subsequent time required to settle again for accurate measuring.
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