Salty wrote:I believe the RR Trent can fit the fuselage of a 737 through it.
No that'd be a bird strike you wouldn't walk away from.
How long does it take to put your 200t of go-juice on the Super-Pig, Knotty?
I think that's right Salty ,I have heard that in the past .
The super pig takes around 1hr 30 mins with 2 trucks for 200 t, or 2 hrs with one truck . Once you get a bit on , say 120t ....two trucks tend to fight each other .......as in flow rates .only around 2200 ltrs pre min ...per truck ...so you are better off , pissing the other truck off . The flow rate picks up , and as you know the trim tank is very slow ......so there is no need for the second truck at that stage . All this depends on the time of day too , as the more hydrant trucks hooked up and pumping , the ground pressure can drop down to as low as 400 kpa as opposed to 800-1000 kpa normally . The hydrant system at MEL is only good for about 420 litres a second to Tarmac before it has a heart attack . With some airlines the biggest problem is finding an engineer to give you a final fuel figure ........we spend a lot of time waiting around for final fuel loads . Sometimes aircraft are delayed because of this ......if we sit for 30 mins not pumping and then they come out 20 mins before departure wanting another 30 t ......well it just dose'nt happen , and then they try and hit us with a delay
