C. OVERHEAD FUEL CONTROLS Main page Back

Lockheed L-1649A Starliner

Overhead Fuel Controls

  1. Emergency Shut-Off Levers
    Setting the lever to OFF (down) closes the fuel valve and causes the corresponding engine to be cut off from any fuel tank. An engine won't start, if its Emergency Shut-Off Lever is set in position OFF.
  2. Main Tank Fuel Dump Levers
    Tanks 1 & 2 and Tanks 3 & 4 may be dumped by moving the corresponding lever in mid-position. Do not dump fuel with landing gear or flaps down or above 189 knots. After dumping fuel, move lever to red line and back to intermediate notch for 15 to 30 seconds, then move to CLOSED (up) position.
     
    [FS: Only Tank 1 and Tank 4 can be dumped (completely emptied via FS drop tank event (see (29) and (32) on the Flight Engineer's Panel). Effects files for the fuel dump contrails are automatically activated using the FS smoke key mechanism.]
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