ORIGINAL: Guillermo Ibanez
ORIGINAL: jetnuno
Correct....
Imagine that you don´t have the 3th tank and have only the 2 mains in parallel connected to the UAT. The mains are very long with a reduced height. If you run those in parallel a make some manouvers or turn too much to one side, you have a serious risk of letting air going to the UAT, specialy after the first minutes where fuel level in mains is low. It happen to me in the first flights and then changed the set up in the mains for series. Also happened twice in other 2 F16 here. All have changed to series.
If those tanks were built in height rather than in lenght, you would not have this risk so high. I strongly recomend you not to use parallel without the 3th tank or a high volume UAT.
Regards
Nuno
Jesus!!!
Another complication[:@][:@][:@]
Guys, what do you think?
Please lets go to a final conclusion.... I am getting crazy at just one week of my maiden...... I am about to delay it.......
Chances are:
1- No 3th tank, main fuel tanks in parallel C.G 165-175mm with LG down and UAT full
2- No 3th tank, main fuel tanks in series C.G 165-175mm with LG down and UAT full
3- 3th tank, main fuel tanks in parallel C.G 165-175mm with LG down, UAT full and 3th tank full
4- 3th tank, main fuel tanks in series C.G 165-175mm with LG down, UAT full and 3th tank ful
5- 3th tank, main fuel tanks in parallel C.G 165-175mm with LG down, UAT full and 3th tank half full
6- 3th tank, main fuel tanks in seriesl C.G 165-175mm with LG down, UAT full and 3th tank half full
The main differences between choices are: plumbing in paralell or series, 3th tank or no 3th tank and balancing with 3 th tank full or half full.
I assume that C.G. is not part of this discussion as I have seen that many of us choiced aft 165mm, and balancing with 3th empty isn't either.
I dont know how to set a page for voting but all of us can vote just for a number that represent the option choiced.
Please give me a hand
This is a serious problem because all the opinion here are from self experiences flying thos jet
If you go to Tamjets F-16 instructions, you can see that fuel cells are high instead of long and are located at each turbine sides close to C.G. althouh it has a 3th tank in the same place where we are discussing to place our 3th tank
Thanks Nuno[&o]