A340 Fuel info
Can anyone in the know, please explain the fuel management/opeartion/tank locations/qty etc on the A340.
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Tanks
Inner Wing 33578 kgs each Outer Wing 2865 kgs each Centre Tank 33300 kgs Trim Tank 4890 kgs Total 111078 kgs (useable) Fuel Operation Fuel is used in the following sequence: Centre to Inners Inners down to 4000 kgs Trim to Inners Inners down to 3500 kgs Outers to Inners CofG Control Trim Tank transfer system controls aircrafts CofG. Fuel is transferred to the Trim Tank (Aft) or from the Trim Tank (Fwd) depending on stage of flight. All controlled automatically by Fuel Control & Monitoring Computer (FCMC). |
Just to add to HD's excellent reply, that information is for the 340-300 of course. The -600 has more fuel and a few extra tanks to make things simpler (just ask Virgin).
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the 600 has the inner tanks split so you have inner 1,2,3 and 4. The principle otherwise remains the same.
1 Centre to inners 2 each inner to 4000 kg 3 trim to inner 4 each inner down to 3500kg, then 5 outer to inner The aft cg target is approx 2% ahead of the aft cert limit and it will forward transfer to 0.5% ahead of that until you get to 35 min before arrival (or FL245) and then it goes forward if not already. :E :E :E :E |
Thanks for your replies guys/gals.
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