Continuous fuel tank level control

A method of aircraft fuel distribution includes selecting a longitudinal center of gravity and predicting a rate of change of the center of gravity during flight. Fuel is located in a tail fin tank of a vertical tail fin of the aircraft, and is transferred from the tail fin tank forward at a predete...

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Main Authors LUKER WILLIAM, ROURKE JR RUSSELL P, CARPENTER RICHARD J, RIBAROV LUBOMIR A, RUSSO CHARLES J
Format Patent
LanguageChinese
English
Published 04.01.2017
Subjects
AIRCRAFT
ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT
FLYING SUITS
PARACHUTES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A method of aircraft fuel distribution includes selecting a longitudinal center of gravity and predicting a rate of change of the center of gravity during flight. Fuel is located in a tail fin tank of a vertical tail fin of the aircraft, and is transferred from the tail fin tank forward at a predetermined transfer rate to counteract the predicted rate of change thereby maintaining the selected center of gravity. An aircraft fuel distribution system includes a center main fuel tank, a tail fin tank and a tail fin fuel pump to pump fuel between the tail fin tank and the center main fuel tank. An electronic controller operates the tail fin fuel pump such that fuel is flowed between the tail fin tank and the center main fuel tank at a predetermined transfer rate to maintain automatically an optimal position of a longitudinal center of gravity of the aircraft. 本发明公开了连续燃料箱液位控制。种飞机燃料分配方法包括：选择纵向重心；以及预测所述纵向重心在飞行期间的变化速率。燃料位于所述飞机的垂直尾翼的垂直尾翼箱中，并以预定输送速率从所述垂直尾翼箱向前输送以抵消所预测的变化速率，由此维持所选择的重心。种飞机燃料分配系统包括：中心主燃料箱；垂直尾翼箱；以及垂直尾翼燃料泵，其
Bibliography:Application Number: CN201610472453