drop fuel tank

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• Conformal fuel tank — An F 15E Strike Eagle fitted with conformal fuel tanks under the wing roots …   Wikipedia

• drop tank — noun (aeronautics) A tank, esp for fuel, that can be dropped during flight • • • Main Entry: ↑drop * * * n. an external fuel tank on an aircraft that can be jettisoned when empty …   Useful english dictionary

• Drop tank — A 330 US gallons (1,200 L) Sargent Fletcher drop tank being moved across the flight deck of an Aircraft carrier In aeronautics, a drop tank (external tank, wing tank, or belly tank) is used to describe auxiliary fuel tanks externally carried …   Wikipedia

• Fuel injection — Fuel rail connected to the injectors that are mounted just above the intake manifold on a four cylinder engine. Fuel injection …   Wikipedia

• drop tank — The auxiliary fuel tank(s) carried externally either under the wing (normally referred to as wing drop tank) or fuselage (called belly drop tank) and which can be jettisoned, if so desired. Fuel is consumed from drop tanks first and from the… …   Aviation dictionary

• drop tank — noun Date: 1943 an auxiliary fuel tank for airplanes that can be jettisoned (as when empty) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• drop tank — noun an external fuel tank on an aircraft which can be jettisoned when empty …   English new terms dictionary

• drop pod — noun : a detachable part (as a fuel tank) of an airplane designed to be dropped in flight …   Useful english dictionary

• Fuel dumping — of an Airbus A340 600 above the Atlantic Ocean near Nova Scotia …   Wikipedia

• Fuel cell — For other uses, see Fuel cell (disambiguation). Demonstration model of a direct methanol fuel cell. The actual fuel cell stack is the layered cube shape in the center of the image A fuel cell is a device that converts the chemical energy from a… …   Wikipedia

• Fuel filter — A fuel filter is a filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel. They are found in most internal combustion engines.Fuel filters serve a vital function in today s modern, tight tolerance engine fuel systems.… …   Wikipedia