Fuel

Question 1

What are the four main subsystems of the fuel system?

Answer 1

Storage, distribution, jettison, indicating

Question 2

How many main tanks are there and where are they situated?

Answer 2

4+centre and stab tank ….Work from right to left : tank 1, tank 2, centre tank, tank 3, tank 4…stab tank in stab

Question 3

How many vent surge tanks are there?

Answer 3

One in each wing tip and one in right hand stab tip

Question 4

Which tank supplies the APU?

Answer 4

2

Question 5

Where is the fuel control panel?

Answer 5

Left wing leading edge between engine 1 and 2

Question 6

What is the name of the fuel panel?

Answer 6

P42

Question 7

How does fuel quantity measureing work? Automatic

Answer 7

Works on a capacitance system using fuel as a dielectric

Question 8

How does fuel measuring work? Manual

Answer 8

Fuel measuring stick. An armature enters the magnetic field of a magnet placed inside a float. This allows the stick a certain amount letting us know how much fuel is in the tank

Question 9

How many AC fuel pumps are there in each main tank?

Answer 9

2

Question 10

What do tanks 2+3 have that 1 and 4 don’t?

Answer 10

Jettison override pumps

Question 11

What pumps does the horizontal stab tank have?

Answer 11

2 AC pumps

Question 12

What is different about the AC pumps found in the centre tank?

Answer 12

They run at a higher output to empty the centre tank first

Question 13

How do you set how much fuel you want to jettison?

Answer 13

Set how much you want left using dial on fuel jettison panel