Course Information
This course meets or exceeds the requirements of the civil aviation authorities for an initial or recurrent course for the Boeing 747 Fuel Systems. An excellent use of animations to depict the components, operation, and indications of the fuel systems are presented in this course. Included in this program are the following items of the fuel systems: First the fuel storage systems are discussed which review the location of fuel tanks within the aircraft. An in depth discussion of the fuel feed system components, their operation in a normal or abnormal condition to include fuel pumps, the jettison system, the horizontal stabilizer pumps, the fuel scavenge system, the cross feed system, the transfer system, and the APU fuel system and a review of the fuel quantity and temperature indications for normal and abnormal conditions.
Content of the Course
| Slide | 119 | Duration | 00:31:00 | Exam | No |
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- COURSE START
- FUEL SYSTEM
- INTRODUCTION
- FUEL STORAGE
- ENGINE FUEL FEED
- Main pumps
- Override / jettison pumps
- Horizontal stabilizer fuel pumps
- Fuel scanvenge system
- Suction feed
- Crossfeed valves / manifold
- Transfer valves
- APU FUEL FEED
- FUEL QUANTITY AND TEMPERATURE INDICATION
- FUEL SYSTEM CONTROL AND MONITORING
- Fuel system operation
- Operation with fuel in cwt
- Operation with no fuel in cwt
- Fuel imbalance
- Fuel jettison components
- FUEL SYSTEM CONTROLS AND INDICATIONS REVIEW
- Fuel management control module
- Fuel jettison controls
- Defuel panel
- Fuel synoptic
- Fuel jettison synoptic
- Other eicas alert messages in airplanes with horizontal stabilizer tank
- COURSE END