Modular system for storing and jettisoning fluid and aircraft provided with such a system
AssigneeAirbus SAS
InventorsJean-Loup Thiers, Samuel Burgunder
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Abstract
A modular water storing and jettisoning system which can be easily introduced into and removed from a host firefighting aircraft. To that end, the water storing and jettisoning system for a host aircraft comprises a fluid tank and at least one tube. The tank is connected to said tube or to all of said tubes which extend(s) longitudinally from the tank such that, once installed in a host aircraft, the one or more tubes conduct the fluid to the longitudinal end of a rear door of the aircraft in an open position. Also an aircraft fitted with such a system.
Claims16
A fluid storing and jettisoning system for a host aircraft, the fluid storing and jettisoning system comprising:
- a fluid tank and at least one tube extending longitudinally from the tank,
- wherein the tank is connected to said at least one tube which extends longitudinally from the tank such that, once installed in a host aircraft, the at least one tube conducts a fluid to a longitudinal end of a rear door of an aircraft in an open position;
- and,
- conduits extending parallel to the at least one tube and in that a first end of each conduit is connected to the tank and a second end of each conduit extends in a direction different from the longitudinal direction of the at least one tube.
A fluid storing and jettisoning system for a host aircraft, the fluid storing and jettisoning system comprising:
- a fluid tank and at least one tube extending longitudinally from the tank,
- wherein the tank is connected to said at least one tube which extends longitudinally from the tank such that, once installed in a host aircraft, the at least one tube conducts a fluid to a longitudinal end of a rear door of an aircraft in an open position, and,
- wherein the tank comprises an opening in an upper wall of the tank and a float in the tank that is configured to close the opening when the tank is full.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.