REFLECTOR: Fuel imbalance

[Mark Magee]

Hi Richard,
When I flew from Deer Valley AZ to Brady TX 2 years ago in my XLFG I must have had a N wind on a W to E course for halfway home I had nothing showing on my starboard tank, port side nearly full. TruTrack Otto holding a heading on the heading bug had my left wing down and I drained that starboard tank. I think this can happen when we are not flying a crab angle, but with with an autopilot only using awl iron control to maintain heading

Mark B. Magee
N34XL
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On Feb 15, 2013, at 2:40 PM, "Richard J. Gentil" <richard at naples-air-center.com> wrote:

> Last Sunday I was flying back to Naples, FL from Augusta, GA in my SERG. I took off with 25 a side. 
> 
> As I flew down the right tank was the only tank feeding fuel to the sump tank. When I hit the VNAV point for Naples the right tank was at 6 gallons. 
> 
> When I stated to descend the left tank started to feed the sump tank and actually transfer fuel to the right tank. 
> 
> Any ideas what could have been going on?
> 
> Richard
> 
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