November 4, 200223 yr How many tanks do commerical jetliners have?I know that most have them in the wings and some in the belly....but what about larger jets like the L-1011's, MD11's, 747, etc?TKS.[br][br][div align=center][br][link:members.cox.net/fstimes/wetimage.html]Click Here For Weather Image of the Day!
November 4, 200223 yr Hi,Not a stupid question at all, cuz they are all different. A Lockheed C-5A/B has four main tanks, two aux tanks and two extended range tanks. At standard day conditions, that's a gas load of 318,000 pounds.Layabout
November 4, 200223 yr I am not sure anyone can answer this question with a single answer. Every plane is different. It depends on the Make/Model/dash number ect...Just as an example the Falcon 20 that I flew with the Coast Guard officially had 5 tanks, left and right wing, left and right feeder, and aux tank. The wing tanks alone comprised of 3 or 4 tanks per side, depending on model so techinically speaking we had 9-11 actual fuel tanks onboard. And this was only a Biz Jet converted for military use. So as you see fuel systems in aircraft can get very complex and the bigger the plane the more complex they can get. http://www.ktone.org/images/FSD_ken.jpg
November 4, 200223 yr hi there...for the 747 for example , Fuel is carried in four main tanks inside the wings and a center tank between the wings. No. 1 main tank is connected to No. 1 engine, No. 2 main tank to No. 2 engine, No. 3 main tank to No. 3 engine, and No. 4 main tank to No. 4 engine while the center tank is connected to all four engines. Electrical boost pumps in the tanks provide positive fuel pressure to the engines... Henry. CYXT
November 4, 200223 yr the 747-400 and e.g. the md-11 even carry fuel in the horizontal stabilizers... the so-called "wet tail"as mentioned before it indeed all depends what aircraft you are talking about..
November 5, 200223 yr >Are these modeled into FS2002? If you're referring to the way fule tanks are modeled, then the answer is usually yes.Ryan-Flightpro08 :-cool VATSIM Pilot/ControllerZLA ARTCC Senior Controller (C-3)SAN TRACON Lead [link:www.taxiwaysigns.com|Taxiwaysigns.com] Scenery Designer-----------------------------My "Home Made" System Specs:Intel Pentium 4 2.2GHz ProcessorTurbo Gamer ATX Mid-Tower with 420W Power SupplyEPoX 4G4A Motherboard with Intel 845G ChipsetVisiontek XTASY GeForce4 128MB Ti4600 (Det 30.30 Drivers)512MB PC2100 DDR RAM40GB Matrox 7200RPM Hard DriveWindows XP Home Edition SP1*No CPU or GPU Overclocking*3dMark2001SE Score: 11298-----------------------------Click [link:ftp.avsim.com/library/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=&Author=Ryan+Fretwell&CatID=Root]Here to Download my New American Eagle POSKY CRJ-200!
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