A340 fuel split

westinghouse · 24th April 2008, 18:40

hi all,

if one was to put the split on for the fuel tank what would be the fuel available?
and would the FCMC still display the total fuel onboard?

thanx

jettison valve · 25th April 2008, 21:53

westinghouse,

a) all of it would be available! Volume-wise, the fwd inner tanks are around 50% of the capacity of the aft inner tanks (that doesn´t mean they contain fuel in that relation in the moment when you split the tanks!). Both sections have two pumps each (main and standby).

b) yes, it would. If I remember correctly, ECAM will not show you the quantities of the fwd and aft inner tank separately; it only shows the "inner tank" quantity.

Hope this helps,
J.V.

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