Fuel Systems

Question 1

What facility allows pilots to select which fuel tank to feed the engines from?

Answer 1

Cross-feed.

Question 2

Where is an integral tank?

Answer 2

Interior structure.

Question 3

What is a flexible tank made from?

Answer 3

Rubberised fabric.

Question 4

What is a drum tank made with?

Answer 4

Aluminium.

Question 5

What is the freezing point of Jet A1.

Answer 5

-47’c

Question 6

What is the freezing point of Jet A?

Answer 6

-47

Question 7

What is the specific gravity of Jet - A ?

Answer 7

0.8.

Question 8

What is the freezing point of Jet - B ?

Answer 8

-60’c

Question 9

What is the specific gravity of Jet - A?

Answer 9

0.82.

Question 10

Jet A and A-1 have a flash point of what?

Answer 10

38’c.

Question 11

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Answer 11

I wish i was an airline pilot but i wasnt that arogent

Question 12

Apart from flight into known icing conditions, the intake system of a diesel engine is heated/never heated because a diesel engine is a blank engine.

Answer 12

Never / Injection

Question 13

You lose fuel indication during a flight, what is the best course of action?

Answer 13

Circuit breakers

Question 14

Failure of a capacitive fuel indication system will be indicated by… deflection of gauge to blank.

Answer 14

Full

Question 15

What is a disadvantage of MOGAS in relation to AVGAS?

Answer 15

Higher risk of ice in carboretta

Question 16

On a multi-engine piston aircraft, one of the features of a pressure-fed fuel system is the capability to do what?

Answer 16

Fuel to engine