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AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS
BY:
POOJA
SHAHINA BANO
SHEETAL
TOPICS INCLUDED:
Fuel gauging system
Compensation techniques
Magnetic compasses
Electrostatic sensitive devices
Electromagnetic environment
FUEL GAUGING SYSTEM
All aircraft fuel system must have some form of fuel
quantity indicator.
This devices mainly depending on:
the complexity of the fuel system
the aircraft in which they are used
There are mainly two types of fuel gauging system are
used in larger aircraft
1. Electric indicator
2. Electronic capacitance type indicators
FUEL GAUGING SYSTEM
Some simple indicator requiring no electrical power were
the earliest type of quantity indicators and are still in use
today.
The use of this indicators is only possible only on light
aircraft.
Some simple types of fuel gauging system are used in
aircraft are as follow:
1. A sight glass is a clear glass or a plastic tube open to the
fuel tank that fills with fuel to the same level as the fuel in
the tank it can be calibrated in gallons or fractions that can
be read by the pilot Another type of sight gauge makes use
of a float with an indicating rod attached to it. As the float
moves up and down with the fuel level in the tank, the
portion of the rod that extends through the fuel cap
indicates the quantity of fuel in the tank.
FUEL GAUGING SYSTEM
2. More sophisticated mechanical fuel quantity
gauges are common.
A float that follows the fuel level remains the
primary sensing element, but a mechanical
linkage is connected to move a pointer across the
dial face of an instrument.
This can be done with a crank and pinion
arrangement that drives the pointer with gears,
or with a magnetic coupling, to the pointer.
ELECTRONIC FUEL QUANTITY SYSTEM