z987k
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Something wrong with the right tank?
Flying in sandals.. Opinion?
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scooter2525
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Part of their shut down checklist. Leave right or left.
scooter2525
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Dude. This is the post of the week!!!
cmill
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I don't really care for flying in flip flops. I do it every now and then if i have to beach the plane or I know before hand that my feet are going to get wet. Even then I prefer boat shoes. TBH, I'd almost rather fly barefoot than fly in flip flops, they slip off waaaay to easily, and they break/hurt like hell when you have to apply heave amounts of rudder on take off.
Alaska45
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Prius?
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z987k
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Weird.
Not really if you thing about it. It's pretty easy to get a fuel imbalance on a 172 if it's not parked level. Switching it to one tank or the other should prevent that.
z987k
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I guess I never had that problem because I always flew full tanks. Had no idea it was an issue.
It's only when you park somewhere and don't fill up it can become an issue. And IIRC, fuel cam come out the fuel vents, or something...I haven't flown a 172 in a few years.
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That's what happened here. Waves rocked the plane side to side, fuel on both, and eventually eventually and imbalance that required a few guys and even more beers to fix.
That's what happened here. Waves rocked the plane side to side, fuel on both, and eventually eventually and imbalance that required a few guys and even more beers to fix.
Only thing missing is the fishing poles.
swisspilot
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On most single engine high wing Cessnas (I flew pretty much every single model), including most 206s pre H model, if you close the fuel selector fuel can drain from one side to the other, the valve is T shaped when in the closed position it will connect L and R tank and shut off the line to the engine, if selected Left or Right it just connects the selected tank to the line going to the engine, but each thank (again on older models) will be isolated from each other.
If each tank is filled less then half then you can close it and most likely nothing will happen, unless u have it parked on uneven terrain, if you carry a lot of fuel and have already a bit of imbalance then fuel will drain from one tank to the other in the closed position, and some of it will even come out from the vent and be lost.
Every aircraft with high wing (wing tanks) that doesn't have independent fuel shut off valves can have this problem, it`s very common with extended range wing tanks and bladder tanks.
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