fuel

Question 1

how many pounds total?

Answer 1

20,000 pressure
15,722 gravity

Question 2

how many pounds in each main tank?

Answer 2

4,860 pressure
4,523 gravity

Question 3

how many pounds aux tank?

Answer 3

7,168 pressure
6,676 gravity

Question 4

how many pounds tail tank?

Answer 4

3,112

Question 5

what tanks to fuel first?

Answer 5

main tanks first
then…..
aux and tail at the same time for w&b

Question 6

how long from empty to full does it take?

Answer 6

24 minutes from full empt to full

Question 7

where does the apu get it’s fuel?

Answer 7

-right main and cools apu generator via heat exchanger
-left motive flow backup (blockage, apu pump failure, or negative g conditions)

Question 8

what is the turbulator?

Answer 8

disturbs air around tail fuel dump to create negative pressure

Question 9

what tanks can you dump fuel from?

Answer 9

tail tank and saddle tanks
flaps at 0

Question 10

what is the purpose of the fuel system computer unit? fscu

Answer 10

fuel quantity guages
automatic fuel transfer
automatic refueling shutoff

channel 1 and backup channel 2

Question 11

how fast does the tail tank transfer fuel?

Answer 11

1,800 pounds per hour

Question 12

when does the airplane not auto transfer fuel?

Answer 12

tail and aux tanks on the groud. wow

Question 13

when does FUEL IMBALANCE display?

Answer 13

800 lbs flight
400 lbs ground
>400 lbs taxi STOP
400 lbs flight and flaps 20 or more
<100 lbs

Question 14

when does the cas extinguish FUEL XFLOW SOV OPEN?

Answer 14

after fuel in transferred due to an imbalance and fuel <100 lbs imbalance and 50 second delay

Question 15

how to crossflow?

Answer 15

L(R) TO AUX XFLOW
flows from wing tank to the auxiliary tank
do not operate with GRAVITY XFLOW

Question 16

max psi for fueling and max psi for defueling?

Answer 16

55psi
-8psi

Question 17

Max fuel imbalance during gravity fueling?

Answer 17

2,500

Question 18

Max go around fuel?

Answer 18

500 per tanks
Wings level
<10 degrees pitch