Fuel system supplies four Bristol Siddeley Olympus 593B engines with fuel and is also used to cool aircraft and engine systems and as means of adjusting center of gravity of aircraft to match movements of aerodynamic center of pressure from subsonic to supersonic flight positions; system is designed for aviation kerosene, supplied at high temperature to engines; tank system can be divided into trim and main tank group, which can further be divided into left and right main tank groups; there are eight main transfer tanks from which collector tanks receive their fuel; functions of fuel system are described together with constructional details of tanks.


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    Title :

    Fuel for concorde -- Thrust, trimming and temperature control


    Additional title:

    Flight


    Published in:

    Flight ; 89 , n 2971


    Publication date :

    1966


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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