Aircraft Fuel Cap Types

Lock feature not available in this size standard cap flange cap1f 165 00 aero 300 2 1 4 fuel filler cap for direct mounting includes.

Aircraft fuel cap types.

Filler cap see drawing h i j and flush direct to tank. What types of jet fuel are there. Home firewall forward parts fuel supplies fuel caps. Avgas is very volatile and extremely flammable with a low flash point.

Vacuum bottle type fuel cap 48 18 66 58. Characteristics of an aircraft fuel. Flush mount caps offer excellent aerodynamic performance large fill opening and attractive appearance. New fuel caps with brown o rings are available and fit all thereceptacles installed in the tanks.

2 unvented fuel caps 1 41 48 57. Technically the fuel is close enough that it can supplement a truck s fuel supply. For reciprocating engines highly volatile fuel is desired. Aviation fuels are petroleum based fuels or petroleum and synthetic fuel blends used to power aircraft they have more stringent requirements than fuels used for ground use such as heating and road transport and contain additives to enhance or maintain properties important to fuel performance or handling they are kerosene based jp 8 and jet a 1 for gas turbine powered aircraft.

Non lightning safe caps have lanyards of varied material and type such as chain links and cables. External tanks are commonplace on modern military aircraft and occasionally found in civilian ones although the latter are less likely to be discarded except in the event of emergency. In aviation a drop tank external tank wing tank or belly tank is used to describe auxiliary fuel tanks externally carried by aircraft a drop tank is expendable and often jettisonable. Cap features a p ositive seal flip up 1 4 turn handle and a chain to secure it to the gas filler neck.

Parker aerospace gravity fuel filler caps are three inches in diameter and are both indexing and non indexing. Two basic types of fuel are. Reciprocating engine fuel gasoline or avgas and turbine engine fuel jet fuel or kerosene. Bolt in fuel cap.

Polyethylene cap is vented. Vapor lock can cause by excessively hot fuel low pressure or excessive turbulence. There are two types of jet fuel with self explanatory names jet a and jet b. 16 65 162 28.

To fuel the aircraft the caps are manually actuated by lifting and turning the handle which vents the fuel tank. The brown o rings are generally auto fuel resistant but their tolerance for the newer oxygenated auto fuels is unknown. Aero 200 1 3 4 fuel filler cap for remote mounting includes. The older black o rings are no longer available.

Steps can be taken. Filler cap see drawing a c d and flush mounting flange see drawing e g.