2006-12-08 19:31:39 · 16 answers · asked by swam 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Wings 90% of the time, some in the fuselage. Helicopters have fuel cells behind the main cabin in general. We also (in the coast guard) have fuel pods which hook up to the bomb racks, for example on the HH-60.
2006-12-08 19:58:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most aircraft have fuel tanks in the wings. Either a wet wing where the wing structure itself is the tank or in a rubber bladder tank. Some aircraft large and small, have fuel tanks in the fuselage, in the center, behind the engine or closer to the tail between fuselage mounted engines.
2006-12-09 06:42:26 · answer #2 · answered by MIPilot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most aircraft store fuel in the wings.
2006-12-09 00:56:30 · answer #3 · answered by PriJet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the type. Some store the gas right behind the engine others in the wings and mid section. A P-51 stored gas in front and behind the pilot plus had drop tanks. A bi-plane stored the gas in front of the pilot or in the upper wing or both. Then their are freaks like the Spirit of ST.Louis that had fuel tanks every where in front behind in the wings. So fuel tanks can be anywhere on a plane. Today most store their gas in the wings and mid section of the fuselage.
2006-12-09 03:18:02 · answer #4 · answered by brian L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fuel on most aircraft are located in the wings - the main tanks are located in the middle section on the wings, and larger aircraft have extra fuel tanks located at the wing tips (known as the tip tanks)
Hope this helps!
2006-12-09 00:23:46 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the aircraft, but it is best to store it near the aircraft's lateral axis of rotation. This would be around the wings and the area around the wings.
2006-12-08 22:59:08 · answer #6 · answered by Darcia 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mostlly in the wings, Lower part of the fuselage might contain some fuel tanks, long range aircraft have tanks in the vertizal and horizontal stabilazers, military jets carry drop tanks which can be dropped in case of, some aircraft like older model learjets and other bizjets and zome older general aviation aircraft have tip tanks on their wings (looks like a bomb at the tip)
2006-12-09 14:32:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The fuel is stored in the wings in rubber bladders as well as the long range fuel tanks which are between the forward and aft cargo hulls.
2006-12-08 21:16:28 · answer #8 · answered by Knackers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fuel is created by a machine in the nose of the aircraft called a nebulizer. It is then sent to the engines by a complicated plumbing system
2006-12-09 09:42:27 · answer #9 · answered by coolplane757 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sometimes it depends on the aircraft. i work on the B-52H, it has 13 fuel tanks......2 external tanks, 4 wing tanks(which are not in rubber bladders) 2 outboard tanks, a center wing tank, 3 midbody cells, and a aft body
2006-12-09 10:12:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋