MU-2 fuel management

[znatusch 3]

Hi,

What's the recommended fuel management technique on the MU-2? I'm tempted to follow the practice common on airliners to burn from the center tank first to reduce wing loading, but not sure if that is advisable on this aircraft.

Thanks.

[sgreen91 182]

According to AOM you burn from Tip Tanks first then Wing Tanks, and finally Center Tanks.

[znatusch 3]

32 minutes ago, sgreen91 said:

According to AOM you burn from Tip Tanks first then Wing Tanks, and finally Center Tanks.

Great, thanks, I thought might be so. The FSW manual has a part that describes how the fuel system operates in the real aircraft and the sim, but doesn't offer a prescription for use. Thanks for the AOM procedure.

[StewartH 66]

If the fuel transfer switches are set to "auto", the system burns the fuel as sgreen91 has described.