Post by LOU on May 16th, 2012 at 3:04pm
707 Fuel Use
As I've said so many times, I wish I had kept all my old handbooks including the special fuel slipsticks.
Here are 2 examples of weight & balance calculators.
As you can see, it's a complicated business!
Let's say we are flying the 707 on a trip which requires around 100,000 pounds of fuel.
Simple fuel load...
I load my plane as follows:
Center = empty
TANK 2 & 3 get 32,000 each = 64,000 lbs
TANK 1 & 4 get full, or 15,500 each = 31,000 lbs
Reserve tanks full, or 2,900 each = 5,800 lbs
TOTAL = 100,800 lbs
Burn fuel from 2 & 3 to all engines until 2 & 3 = 1 & 4 + Reserve
Open reserve crossfeed ONLY when there is room in tanks 1 & 4
Above is a guess on my part since I don't have the old load charts.
Lou
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As I've said so many times, I wish I had kept all my old handbooks including the special fuel slipsticks.
Here are 2 examples of weight & balance calculators.
As you can see, it's a complicated business!
Let's say we are flying the 707 on a trip which requires around 100,000 pounds of fuel.
Simple fuel load...
I load my plane as follows:
Center = empty
TANK 2 & 3 get 32,000 each = 64,000 lbs
TANK 1 & 4 get full, or 15,500 each = 31,000 lbs
Reserve tanks full, or 2,900 each = 5,800 lbs
TOTAL = 100,800 lbs
Burn fuel from 2 & 3 to all engines until 2 & 3 = 1 & 4 + Reserve
Open reserve crossfeed ONLY when there is room in tanks 1 & 4
Above is a guess on my part since I don't have the old load charts.
Lou
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