Bill Freeman wrote:

The certified aircraft that I am familiar with deal with this in a very
simple and straightforward way.  All return fuel is directed all the
time to one of the mains.  THe SOP is to always start, taxi, take off
and climb on the "returned to" tank.   After it is burned down a
reasonable amount (you decide), you can switch to any other
tanks that you might have, and will be adding a bit of fuel to the
"returned to" tank.
Keeps it simple, no super expensive valves and an easy SOP
gets you safety without having to worry too much about exactly
what is going where.

Bill

George Lendich wrote:

Hi Bill,
Please excuse my ignorance, I am on a very steep learning curve
and I'm not getting any younger (know what I mean?)
Can you run that by me again (in Aussie lingo) ie simple!!

'Return to one of the mains' does that mean main fuel line coming
from the wing tank,  is that the 'T' section, everyone is saying
not to do !!?

Or is that to the tank itself!?

George - down under

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