1. Fuel required:
Flight fuel + 45 minutes holding + div fuel + 10%
2. When to refuel:
Either when the aircraft has done 3 hours and you know it has done this from full or if it's not definite and the tanks can't be dipped (i.e Seneca) filling to a known datum and adding from there (i.e 'rib' fuel plus in the case of the Seneca)
3. Fuel management
PA28 - 'minute hand' method - Left hand tank half past to on the hour, Right hand tank on the hour to half past
PA34 - not a lot of management required - Left hand tank left engine etc.
PA27 - inboards for departure and landing, outboards for the cruise, back to inboards after 3 hours in the cruise (from full of course)
Last edited by Chilli Monster; 5th Sep 2003 at 05:25.