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Bob:
I agree that newer birds have easier fuel systems. Like yours, my 1973 337G just has NORMAL, CROSS-CONNECT (to the opposite tank) and OFF. But my 1969 337D had auxiliary tanks, so you had NORMAL, CROSS-CONNECT, AUXILIARY and OFF, and it's the management of such systems that require more attention.
BTW, even our "simple" fuel systems should be understood to safely use the cross-connection feature. For instance, why you shouldn't cross-connect until you've made room in the normal tank for the returning fuel/vapors, and why in single-engine operations, if you cross-connect so as to utilize the fuel originally intended for the failed engine, that tank will run dry twice as fast as you expect. But it's true that the newer systems are much simpler.
A thought to Kevin, given the valuable statistics compiled by Bruce, is to change the name of this thread to "Engine Failures and Fatality Records", so this thread will pop up when people do searches on these words.
Ernie
Last edited by Ernie Martin : 08-28-03 at 05:40 PM.
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