337 Cross feed (2) engines at once!!!/CPA related comments

[Bob Cook]

On the subject

1) If one engine burns 140 lbs on takeoff then why cannot two engines support the same during cruise.

2) Perhaps there is not enough capacity of the pump to draw from the low wing during a turn, therefore the level flight limitation.

3) Still the most prudent thing would be to find the closest airport with sufficient runway to land.

4) Other than being out of fuel in one tank, there would be no valid reason to run both engines from one tank.

5) If there was any kind of fuel contamination (ie. water in fuel) then it would make life worse.

6) My way of thinking would be to pull the appropriate mixture (cut off) as opposed to playing with the fuel selector.

MHO

Bob