ACTIVITY GUIDE

SUBJECT CODE AMT 213 (online class) WEEK NUMBER 15

SUBJECT TITLE Aircraft Fuels & Lubrication Systems
CHAPTER TOPIC Aircraft Fuel Systems
DATE GIVEN 21 November 2022 DEADLINE 21 Nov. 2022 (11:00 pm) INSTRUCTOR Mr. E. Aserios

ACTIVITY 7
Fuel System Components

Read the Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook – Airframe Volume 2, Chapter 14, pages 355 to 358.

Perform the following task;

1. Name the three (3) basic types of aircraft fuel tanks.

2. What are the four (4) are the factors that determines which fuel tank is installed in an aircraft?
3. Enumerate the parts of a rigid removable fuel tank.
4. What are the typical materials used to construct a rigid removable fuel tank?
5. Why are removable fuel tanks that are formed to be part of the wing leading edge but are not
considered integral?
6. Why must fuel vapors be removed the tank prior to its repair?
7. How does the removal of fuel vapor being performed?
8. What step must be once the fuel is repair and reason for performing this task?
9. How is the bladder fuel tank installed on an aircraft and state some guidelines to followed?
10. What is the common step to be done if the bladder tank is to be stored without fuel for an
extended period of time and should it be done?
11. Describe an integral fuel tank.
12. Why do some aircraft wings are called wet wings?
13. What is a surge tank or an overflow tank?
14. What wing structures are used as baffles and what is its purpose?
15. State the uses of a baffle check valve.
16. Describe an integral fuel tank access panel.
17. State the guidelines when entering and performing maintenance on an integral fuel tank.
18. Name the four (4) uses of in-tank boost pump.

Submit your completed task to your instructor’s e-mail (maserios26@yahoo.com) not later than the
specified deadline.

Use the format for e-mail subject: AMT 213 – Activity No. 7.

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