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SEALING INTEGRAL WING TANKS [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
  • Aircraft Systems
DEF

Integral tank: part of the structure of the aircraft adapted to form a tank.

DEF

Any fuel tank furnished by the manufacturer as a component part of the complete assembly; either attached to the appliance, or intended for separate mounting adjacent to the appliance.

CONT

Lockheed PV-2 "Harpoon" Aircraft... Integral fuel tanks were installed in the outer wing panels to bring maximum fuel capacity to 1863 US gallons when bomb bay tanks and underwing drop tanks were used... Because of difficulties in sealing the integral fuel tank, these planes were assigned to training duties with the outer wing tanks sealed off. Only 69 PV-2s were accepted by the Navy by the end of 1944 because of the need for the wing redesign.

OBS

integral tank: term standardized by the BSI and ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
  • Circuits des aéronefs
CONT

Réservoirs. Ils peuvent être : structuraux - ils sont réalisés avec la structure-caisson même de la voilure rendue étanche au moyen de joints; ce type de réservoirs se trouve sur la majorité des avions.

CONT

Le Socata Trinidad TC (TB 21) est un monomoteur 4/5 places, à train escamotable et hélice à vitesse constante [...] Un réservoir par demi-voilure (réservoir structural).

OBS

réservoir structural; réservoir intégral : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniform isation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et Maintenance.

OBS

réservoir structural : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Célula de aeronaves
  • Circuitos de las aeronaves
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