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NSEU 12th January 2011 05:26


Seems like it might be a lot easier to go down in the left body gear well and simply top off the resorvoir.
Seems like:

a) a waste of fluid
b) messy and dangerous (if you spill it on sensitive body parts)
c) you would have to drain the overfilled system
d) a waste of time walking to the store 500 meters away to get fluid and a handpump
e) you don't get to stay dry and warm in the cockpit

So what are the advantages of your method? :}

SNS3Guppy 12th January 2011 06:06

We don't generally see an overfilled system. That kind of puts the rest to bed.


a) a waste of fluid
b) messy and dangerous (if you spill it on sensitive body parts)
c) you would have to drain the overfilled system
d) a waste of time walking to the store 500 meters away to get fluid and a handpump
e) you don't get to stay dry and warm in the cockpit
a--If we need fluid, we need fluid. We don't see overfilled systems, so if we need fluid it's because we're short in one , system.

b--Bigger danger slipping while filling. Don't spill it on sensitive body parts. Same applies for a lot of other things, including the hot coffee upstairs.

c--Not a problem, because we generally don't see an overfilled system.

d--Our store is onboard, and the airplane comes with a built-in pump; it's part of the hydraulic system at the refill point in the left body gear well.

e--There's a lot to being said for staying warm and dry, but it's really neither here nor there if the airplane needs servicing.

airbus757 3rd February 2011 11:09

Guppy

No one is advocating "servicing" the resovior using the method described ie topping up a system that is at 70% from a system that is at 100% although it might work in a pinch. What they are describing is transfering the fluid back to its original system because over time it has transfered to the other system ie one is at 120% and the other is at 80%.:ok:

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