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Spent 15 years in the RAF… yep. Total bollox
Do you mean the video is lies or this is true?
It’s true
Amazing how we have all been fooled.... Question everything.... Wow
Laura
We are all too trusting we like to believe that people are good ,kind and true because that is how we try to conduct ourselves ....
Laura
This whole Covid debacle has shown us the horror , deceit and downright evil of those in power - we are living in a dystopia nightmare that seems to be endless ......
Didn't mention the centre wing box which is a huge structure joining both wings and fuselage together, it is part of the fuel storage system too and ideally placed to store fuel at the Centre of Gravity for the aircraft. Common to all aircraft.
Kk
Do you mean the video is lies or this is true?
One bowser of fuel will fill an aircraft for at least 7 hours
New aircraft are built to use less fuel and are meant to fly like very quick gliders
The video is true
Carl Redfern
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Thank you Carl for reply
The video is a bit misleading, that’s being kind. Baffles are used in fuel tanks, so they don’t swing side to side. Fuel in the main wings is only part of the system. 124,000kg stored prior to takeoff, the plane has scales built in so the pilot can calculate gross weight for lift, they’d crash is they didn’t get it right. Considering the plane can take off with 525 tonnes, 124 tonnes for fuel seems perfectly legit. The pilot can see the weight of each tank on their display.