Recently, Greg Copeland posted:

Is this common? How many run their tank(s) dry as part of their fuel
management strategy? If you don't run dry, why not?

Two main reasons; there are better ways to gauge your fuel consumption
rate, for example, logging how much fuel you put back in the tank after
the flight; and why play with the trim to keep the plane going in a
straight line, then start all over again with that fiddling when you
switch tanks?

Aside from the
heat beat skipping which is sure to follow the first couple of times,
what's the down side to this strategy?

Besides being pointless? How about being uneccesarily risky?

Neil