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Old 29th Jul 2001, 12:54
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Tinstaafl
 
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That fuel transfer in the Concorde is part of the trim system.

It counters the change in CoP location & resultant pitching moment (nose down, I seem to recall) as the a/c achieves supersonic flight.
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