Airplane fuel supply system and airplane wing pipeline assembly method
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenichi Goto, Toshiaki Fujii
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AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenichi Goto, Toshiaki Fujii
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An airplane fuel supply system includes a wing fuel tank that is formed from a wing tip fuel tank having a wing tip fuel pump; a central fuel tank having a central fuel pump; and a wing root fuel tank having a wing root fuel pump. Fuel movement from the wing tip fuel tank to the central fuel tank is allowed by a flapper valve, and fuel movement from the central fuel tank to the wing root fuel tank is allowed by another flapper valve. When the fuel delivery volume of the wing tip fuel pump is represented by Vt, the fuel delivery volume of the central fuel pump is represented by Vc, the fuel delivery volume of the wing root fuel pump is represented by Vr, and the fuel delivery volume from a collector tank to the engine is represented by Ve, the fuel delivery volumes Vt, Vc, Vr, and Ve are set so as to satisfy the relationships Vr>Ve, Vt+Vc>Ve, and Vc<Ve. This can minimize the size of the fuel pumps for supplying fuel from the airplane wing fuel tank to the engine.
An airplane fuel supply system comprising:
An airplane wing pipeline assembly method for assembling a wing pipeline that runs through a partition provided within a main wing of an airplane and extends in the span direction, the method comprising:
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