SCHEMPP-HIRTH FLUGZEUGBAU GmbH, KIRCHHEIM/TECK
Ventus-3M „Performance“
FLIGHT MANUAL
March 2019
Revision –
7.3.24
I. Power plant operating unit MCU3 BG
(cont.)
B) Functional description (cont.)
1.3 Fuel content / Fuel menu (cont.):
Wing tank (L):
Up to 2 wing fuel tanks can be installed in the Ventus-3M optionally. No fuel level sensors
are installed in the wing fuel tanks. Therefore, the total amount of fuel filled into the wing
tanks must be entered in the
Fuel menu
under
Wing tank (L)
in whole litres to display the
correct amount of fuel. The system adds the fuselage tank capacity to fuel content in the
wing tank and displays the total amount of fuel.
The prerequisite for entering the fuel content in wing tanks is a displayed fuel quantity of
13 L in the fuselage fuel tank (fuselage tank full). The
Wing tank
menu item is shown in
white. If there is less fuel in the fuselage fuel tank, the operating unit does not accept an
input for the contents of the wing fuel tanks (safety measure). The menu item
Wing tank
(L)
is displayed in grey and cannot be selected.
The entry is made by selecting the function with the rotary selector switch. By pressing
down the rotary selector switch and simultaneously turning it, the value for the wing tank
to the right of
Wing tank (L)
is changed.
The displayed fuel content and its decrease are calculated on the basis of the current fuel
consumption. (This applies if the value entered for the fuel content in the wing fuel tanks is
greater than zero and the amount of fuel in the fuselage tanks hasn’t dropped below the
reserve volume).
If the amount of fuel in the fuselage tank has dropped below the reserve volume, then only
the measured content of the fuselage fuel tank is displayed and the manually entered
value for the fuel quantity in the wing fuel tanks is deleted.
As long as the reserve volume of the fuselage fuel tank is not reached, the manually
entered value for the fuel content in the wing fuel tanks is stored by the operating unit and
remains stored even after the main switch is switched off.