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To: jerod

I was guessing igniters. But this is close. Unusual though. There are several redundant fuel systems on aircraft. Mechanical, electric, and running off vacuum from the engines.


105 posted on 07/12/2025 8:23:06 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: Organic Panic

“There are several redundant fuel systems on aircraft. Mechanical, electric, and running off vacuum from the engines.”

Nope


110 posted on 07/12/2025 8:33:20 AM PDT by TexasGator (.i.. logo About Issues Projects Products Connect Subscribe Invest June 19, 2025 | Insight '1-1111 -)
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To: Organic Panic

“There are several redundant fuel systems on aircraft. Mechanical, electric, and running off vacuum from the engines.”

To give you a nice answer, considering the location of the switches and how they’re protected, it’s most likely that they shut off every source of fuel to the engine when they’re flipped. I suspect that there are other fuel switches (or display commands) that go into the operation of the system, such as the valves and pumps.


152 posted on 07/12/2025 10:01:13 AM PDT by BobL
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