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    The document discusses aircraft fuel systems. It notes that the fuel system has a profound effect on aircraft performance and that without fuel, flight will come to an abrupt stop. It then provides details on different fuel types, typical fuel tank designs, fuel system components, fuel distribution, fuel dumping systems, and in-flight refueling.

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    The document discusses aircraft fuel systems. It notes that the fuel system has a profound effect on aircraft performance and that without fuel, flight will come to an abrupt stop. It then provides details on different fuel types, typical fuel tank designs, fuel system components, fuel distribution, fuel dumping systems, and in-flight refueling.

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    Business and Commercial Aviation Magazine

     “An aircraft's fuel system has a more


    profound effect on aircraft performance than
    any other airframe system. Without fuel, the
    mission inevitably comes to an abrupt stop
    and, unless the flight crew is very, very lucky,
    the ensuing forced landing will cause severe
    or catastrophic aircraft damage.” ~ Fred
    George, 6/20/06
    http://www.avweek.com/avnow/news/channel_bca_story.jsp?id=news/fuel0606.xml
    Fuel Types

     Civilian  Military
     Jet A  JP-4
     Jet A-1  JP-5
     Jet B  JP-8
    Typical Fuel Tanks

     Integral
     Rigid Removable
     Bladder
     Rule of Thumb for max. fuel volume: 85% for wing
    tanks and 92% for fuselage tanks, measured to the
    external skin surface (exception: bladder tanks, 77%
    and 83%, respectively)
     External
    Components

    Main Tanks

    Header Tank (separate from main tanks, holds


    enough fuel for engines to run during
    complicated maneuvers)

    Gravity Feed (small aircraft only)

    Electric/Engine-driven Fuel Pumps


    Fuel distributed around center of
    gravity
    Fuel Dumping Systems

     Needed to meet landing weight limits of


    landing gear or runway length
     System of fuel pumps and valves
     Usually ejected from wingtips
     Sometimes from at-most point of fuselage
     Usually designed to allow the plane to go
    from max take-off weight to max landing
    weight in 15 minutes or less.
    777 Fuel Dumping http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/q0245b.shtml
    http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Evolution_of_Technology/refueling/Tech22G5.htm
    In-Flight Refueling

     Original motivation: endurance records


     Currently used only in the military sector
     Two main types:
     Boom and Receptacle
     Probe and Drogue

    http://www.answers.com/topic/aerial-refueling
    References
     Ask A Scientist
    http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/eng99/eng99417.htm
     Aerospaceweb.org
    http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/q0245b.shtml
     Refueling
    http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Evolution_of_Technology/
    refueling/Tech22G5.htm
     PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/concorde/anat-nf.html
     Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_tank
     Raymer Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach 4th ed. By
    Daniel Raymer
     George, Fred Business and Commercial Aviation
    Magazine, June 2006 issue.
    http://www.avweek.com/avnow/news/channel_bca_story.jsp?id=n
    ews/fuel0606.xml

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