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FUEL TRANSFER

Transfer fuel by changing the position of the arms on the Fuel Tank Selector. The following images will explain what each position does. There are five positions on the Fuel Tank Selector, four of which are labelled.

The upper arm has two positions:

1. Top Left is “vorn links” or “front left tank;”

2. Top Right is “vorn rechts” or “front right tank;”

The lower arm has three positions:

1. Bottom Left is “Ein” or “On”, meaning that the transfer pumps are on;

2. Bottom Right is “Aus” or “Off”, meaning that the transfer pumps are off;

3. And the middle position is neutral, same as “Aus” or “Off;”

Fuel will now transfer slowly from both reserve tanks into the Front Left Tank - keep an eye on your Fuel Contents Gauge and switch the upper arm over to “vorn rechts” once the pumps have transferred 100 Litres. Add 100 litres to your Front Right Tank then switch the upper arm back to “vorn links” and go back and forth until the reserve tanks are empty. It’ll be up to you to keep the tanks filled evenly. As your front tanks fill you’ll eventually see the warning indicators come on for both of the reserve tanks. You can now switch the Contents Gauge Tank Selector to the rear tanks (Position 3 or 4) and watch as the remainder of fuel is drained from the reserve tanks. Once the reserve tanks are showing 0 litres, return the Fuel Tank Selector arms back to the original position, as shown below.

You have now pumped all of your fuel into the main tanks. Don’t worry if tanks 1 and 2 are showing slightly different amounts. Once all four fuel warning lamps are illuminated you will have approximately 90 litres left in each front tank. Depending on how far from home you are you’ll have to judge whether it’s time to head back to base now, or if it can wait just a bit longer; it doesn’t take that long to burn 90 Litres of fuel though.

DEALING WITH A DAMAGED FUEL TANK

In this section I’ll explain how to deal with a damaged fuel tank. The Bf-110 will allow you to feed the engines in a few different ways.

The normal way to feed the engines is to allow both left and right engines to feed simultaneously from both of the front tanks. By this I mean that the left engine is getting fuel from the left and right front tank at the same time, and the same goes for the right engine.

You can also set the engines to feed only off of the tank on the same side of the plane as the engine itself; left engine from left tank and right engine from right tank. You can also cross-feed the tanks by having the left engine draw from the right front tank, and the right engine draw from the left front tank.

Alright, are we confused yet? Hopefully this image will clear things up.


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If you sustain damage to your left front tank, you can isolate the tank when it’s almost empty by setting the Left Engine Fuel Cock to “P1” and the Right Engine Fuel Cock to “P2”. This will force the engines to ignore the damaged fuel tank. Obviously, since you’re drawing fuel for two engines off of one tank the fuel level will drop twice as fast. If you have full reserve tanks you can pump fuel from both reserves into the right front tank using the method above, but remember that since you’re filling only one tank from two reserve tanks it’s not going to be able to hold all of the fuel from the reserves. Fill the right tank until the gauge reads full and then stop the transfer. Once the warning indicator for your Right Front Tank comes on again you should be able to transfer the remainder of your reserve fuel into the tank. If you sustain damage to your right front tank you just do the opposite. Better still; don’t get shot in the fuel tanks. I told you the fuel system was complex!

If you are a long way from home and you sustain damage to a main fuel tank, you should switch both engines to draw only from the damaged tank until it is almost empty. Switch the fuel tank selector switch to the damaged tank and burn as much fuel as you can from the tank before it all leaks out. Once the tank is at 10L remaining switch both engines to draw from the good tank; it's important that you switch over before the engines sputter out.

This concludes our look at the Bf-110, hopefully I’ve helped you understand the amazing changes that Team Fusion has made to this aircraft - especially the fuel system.

The rest is up to you, good luck pilot!

ATAG_Keller - 2013