ATR 42-500 WEIGHT AND BALANCE MANUAL

03 FUEL
03.01 FUEL TANKS
The fuel is stored in two tanks: one in each cantilever wing box. Layout and identification of tanks are shown in figure below.

03.01.01 FUEL VOLUME DENSITY AND WEIGHT All fuel weights are based on a fuel density of 0.785 Kg/l (6.550 lb per US gallon). 03.01.02 FUEL SYSTEMS The two tanks are separately vented through the surge tanks themselves connected to the atmosphere. The vent system is designed to prevent the fuel spillage during refuelling operations. The fuel drawn into the surge tanks will be drawn back into fuel tanks by suction. In normal conditions, each engine is supplied from the tank of its own cantilever. It will be possible, during abnormal conditions, to feed either or both engines from any tank.

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03.02 REFUELING OF TANKS Refuelling is accomplished, for both tanks, through a single 2.5 inches refuelling connector located on right landing gear fairing. The refuelling pressure shall not exceed 3.5 bars (50 psi). In that condition the fuel flow is about 400 litres per minute (105US gallons per minute). The refuelling operations are done from the refuelling panel located on the right landing gear fairing. The aircraft can be refuelled without electrical power supply and without entering in the flight deck. 03.03 USABLE FUEL The table below gives, for each tank, the usable fuel. The fuel is stored between the unusable level and the automatic cut off high level. Volume l RH side LH side Total 2866 2866 5732 US 757.1 757.1 1517.2 kg 2250 2250 4500 Weight lb 4960.4 4960.4 9920.8 m 12.249 12.249 12.249 H-arm in 482.242 482.242 482.242

LOCATION

The figure 12 gives the fuel vector.

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Fuel Vector (Kilograms) Figure 12 The H-arm and Y-arm for one tank as function of the quantity are given on the table below.

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NOTE: An intermediate value will be obtained by linear interpolation

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03.04 UNUSABLE FUEL Usable fuel is the amount of fuel remaining in the tanks and lines after a fuel runout test. It can be divided into two parts, drainable and undrainable fuel. The table below gives the summary of unusable fuel.
Volume Unusable part LOCATION l LH tank RH tank Drainable fuel LH surge tank RH surge tank LH tank 9.67 RH tank Undrainable fuel 9.67 LH surge tank RH surge tank Total unusable fuel 0.50 0.50 26.50 2.555 0.132 0.132 7.000 7.59 0.39 0.39 20.80 16.732 0.859 0.859 45.850 12.460 12.400 12.400 12.454 490.550 488.188 488.188 490.327 2.555 7.59 16.732 12.460 490.550 2.33 2.33 0.75 0.75 0.615 0.615 0.198 0.198 1.83 1.83 0.59 0.59 4.034 4.034 1.300 1.300 12.460 12.460 12.400 12.400 490.550 490.550 488.188 488.188 US kg lb m in Weight H-arm

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03.05 DEFUELING PROCEDURE PRIOR TO WEIGHING
Before weighing, the aircraft must be defueled by suction and drained by the six water drains of the fuel tanks and the two water drains of the surge tanks. During the aircraft draining, pitch and roll attitude must be at zero degree. In these conditions, the quantity and location of the fuel remaining in the aircraft are given in table below.
VOLUME LOCATION l LH tank RH tank LH surge tank RH surge tank Lines Total 9.67 9.67 0.50 0.50 5.16 25.50 US 2.555 2.555 0.132 0.132 1.363 6.737 Kg 7.59 7.59 0.39 0.39 4.05 20.01 lb 16.732 16.732 0.859 0.859 8.929 44.111 m 12.460 12.460 12.400 12.400 12.175 12.400 in 490.550 490.550 488.188 488.188 479.329 488.189 WEIGHT H-arm

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