MD-11 Flight Crew Operations Manual
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Fuel Chapter Fuel
Components Section 20
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Fuel.20 Fuel-Components
Automatic Fuel Scheduling
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VENT
BOX
INBOARD
OUTBOARD
UPPER
AUXILIARY
TANK
TANK 1
TANK 2
RIGHT SIDE
TANK 3
LOWER AUXILIARY TANK
TAIL TANK
Tank 2 fuel is transferred into tanks 1 & 3 until tanks are equal.
LOWER AUX TRANSFER
UPPER AUX TRANSFER
BURN ALL MAINS
TAIL/TIP TRANSFER
TANK 2 EXCESS TRANSFER
is transferred from the aux
tanks to keep the main tanks full as fuel is burned by the engines.
Tail tank fuel will transfer forward during descent when descending below 26,750 feet
With tail fuel management, the CG is controlled automatically to a preselected
lower aux tank is the first tank to empty. Upper aux tank fuel transfers to main tanks
Typical fuel transfer and burn schedule with the fuel system performing tail fuel
management, starting with full tanks after T/O. Fuel
until empty.
decrease to below 5,216 kgs the associated tip tank will transfer inboard.
or when any main tank quantity decreases below 5,216 kgs. When tanks 1 or 3
aft limit, by allowing fuel to be transferred from any tank to or from the tail tank. The
October 02, 2006
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