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What is the purpose of the fuel shutoff valve?
Why is fuel used as a hydraulic fluid?Why do many GA aircraft not have a “Both” fuel selector?How does this fuel pump work?Why does fuel vaporization in a carburetor cause a temperature decrease rather than a rise?Why is mixture lean recommended on the ground?What is the relationship between fuel mixture and RPM in a reciprocating engine?Why not leave an electric fuel pump on all the time?Does preheating fuel before it reaches the turbine result in a performance improvement?Why doesn't the Convair 580 have check valves to prevent inadvertent fuel transfer?How do you lean mixture using only the instruments on a C172 Skyhawk?
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Most GA planes have a fuel shutoff valve which I don't quite understand the purpose of. Does it cut the fuel flow with the mixture.
My theory is to prevent fuel flow at earlier stage for safety reasons?
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Most GA planes have a fuel shutoff valve which I don't quite understand the purpose of. Does it cut the fuel flow with the mixture.
My theory is to prevent fuel flow at earlier stage for safety reasons?
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If you're changing the mixture, doesn't that indicate the fuel is reaching the carb? Typically you don't want residual fuel sitting in the carburetor as it can break down and gum it up.
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Is your question inspired by the fact we don't usually have fuel cut-off valves in a car? (note to pedants: a manual one that can be operated directly by the driver).
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Most GA planes have a fuel shutoff valve which I don't quite understand the purpose of. Does it cut the fuel flow with the mixture.
My theory is to prevent fuel flow at earlier stage for safety reasons?
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Most GA planes have a fuel shutoff valve which I don't quite understand the purpose of. Does it cut the fuel flow with the mixture.
My theory is to prevent fuel flow at earlier stage for safety reasons?
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If you're changing the mixture, doesn't that indicate the fuel is reaching the carb? Typically you don't want residual fuel sitting in the carburetor as it can break down and gum it up.
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Is your question inspired by the fact we don't usually have fuel cut-off valves in a car? (note to pedants: a manual one that can be operated directly by the driver).
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If you're changing the mixture, doesn't that indicate the fuel is reaching the carb? Typically you don't want residual fuel sitting in the carburetor as it can break down and gum it up.
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– zymhan
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Is your question inspired by the fact we don't usually have fuel cut-off valves in a car? (note to pedants: a manual one that can be operated directly by the driver).
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– Oscar Bravo
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If you're changing the mixture, doesn't that indicate the fuel is reaching the carb? Typically you don't want residual fuel sitting in the carburetor as it can break down and gum it up.
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– zymhan
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If you're changing the mixture, doesn't that indicate the fuel is reaching the carb? Typically you don't want residual fuel sitting in the carburetor as it can break down and gum it up.
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– zymhan
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Is your question inspired by the fact we don't usually have fuel cut-off valves in a car? (note to pedants: a manual one that can be operated directly by the driver).
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– Oscar Bravo
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Is your question inspired by the fact we don't usually have fuel cut-off valves in a car? (note to pedants: a manual one that can be operated directly by the driver).
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It's both a maintenance and safety feature.
You need a way to cut off fuel flow to the engine compartment, either to work on the engine, or because of a fire at the engine, or because you are doing a forced landing and it helps reduce the risk of your entire fuel contents seeping onto your hot engine if you bend things a bit putting it down and a fuel line gets broken.
So you will always have a shutoff valve, and it's always somewhere upstream of the firewall.
answered Jul 24 at 16:08
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Fuel shutoff valves are a hold over from the days of float style carburetors (and necessary on any float style carb system). With a float style carb when the fuel is on the bowl will fill up until the float floats up and shuts the flow off. Since gasoline becomes a vapor at ambient temperature the small pool in the carb will be constantly evaporating. As such the float will sink and refill the bowl. Given enough time this will drain the fuel tank. This vaporous fuel also fills the intake and can cause backfires or intake fires.
The mixture is adjusted post bowl and merely leans you to the point of cutout which may not truly be a full stoppage of fuel.
For fuel injected systems or systems that use some kind of blow through carb a shutoff valve is not strictly necessary for leak reasons but JohnK makes some good points on when its used for safety reasons. Some of these systems will also allow small paths for fuel to escape so a shutoff is often implemented to ensure total fuel stoppage.
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Another factor here is that a lot of planes have the fuel tanks located above the carburetor. Obviously true of high-wing planes, but it's even true of many low-wing ones, since (unlike the downdraft carb used on most cars pre-EFI) the updraft carb of most aviation engines is located on the bottom of the engine. So even the smallest leak in the carb float could drain a bunch of gas. Many motorcycles have fuel shutoff valves for the same reason.
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Based on experience in the automotive world, it may also act as a slight theft deterrent.
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– ivanivan
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Goodness, I hope nobody who can't identify a fuel shutoff valve is going around stealing GA planes.
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– Chris
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@Chris Especially when they are usually clearly labelled with something like FUEL SHUTOFF...
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The less technical, but accurate, answer is to meet the certification requirements of the FARs. Specifically, FAR 23.2430 is Airworthiness Standards for Fuel systems. It reads in part: (a)Each fuel system must-...(5) "Provide a means to safely remove or isolate the fuel stored in the system from the airplane"
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Man that's an awfully broad standard. There must be more detailed requirements somewhere else.
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– John K
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Not sure I agree with "there must be"
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Here are two examples of high wing fuel systems. The left is a from a 1973 Cessna 177, the right from a later model Cessna 172. You can see in the 177 the fuel cutoff is earlier in the system, before the fuel system is pressurized, while in the later plane it is after the fuel pumps. Either way, fuel is cutoff after the header tank to limit the amount of fuel available in case of an engine fire that could result from a crash.
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It's both a maintenance and safety feature.
You need a way to cut off fuel flow to the engine compartment, either to work on the engine, or because of a fire at the engine, or because you are doing a forced landing and it helps reduce the risk of your entire fuel contents seeping onto your hot engine if you bend things a bit putting it down and a fuel line gets broken.
So you will always have a shutoff valve, and it's always somewhere upstream of the firewall.
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It's both a maintenance and safety feature.
You need a way to cut off fuel flow to the engine compartment, either to work on the engine, or because of a fire at the engine, or because you are doing a forced landing and it helps reduce the risk of your entire fuel contents seeping onto your hot engine if you bend things a bit putting it down and a fuel line gets broken.
So you will always have a shutoff valve, and it's always somewhere upstream of the firewall.
answered Jul 24 at 16:08
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It's both a maintenance and safety feature.
You need a way to cut off fuel flow to the engine compartment, either to work on the engine, or because of a fire at the engine, or because you are doing a forced landing and it helps reduce the risk of your entire fuel contents seeping onto your hot engine if you bend things a bit putting it down and a fuel line gets broken.
So you will always have a shutoff valve, and it's always somewhere upstream of the firewall.
answered Jul 24 at 16:08
John KJohn K
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It's both a maintenance and safety feature.
You need a way to cut off fuel flow to the engine compartment, either to work on the engine, or because of a fire at the engine, or because you are doing a forced landing and it helps reduce the risk of your entire fuel contents seeping onto your hot engine if you bend things a bit putting it down and a fuel line gets broken.
So you will always have a shutoff valve, and it's always somewhere upstream of the firewall.
answered Jul 24 at 16:08
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Fuel shutoff valves are a hold over from the days of float style carburetors (and necessary on any float style carb system). With a float style carb when the fuel is on the bowl will fill up until the float floats up and shuts the flow off. Since gasoline becomes a vapor at ambient temperature the small pool in the carb will be constantly evaporating. As such the float will sink and refill the bowl. Given enough time this will drain the fuel tank. This vaporous fuel also fills the intake and can cause backfires or intake fires.
The mixture is adjusted post bowl and merely leans you to the point of cutout which may not truly be a full stoppage of fuel.
For fuel injected systems or systems that use some kind of blow through carb a shutoff valve is not strictly necessary for leak reasons but JohnK makes some good points on when its used for safety reasons. Some of these systems will also allow small paths for fuel to escape so a shutoff is often implemented to ensure total fuel stoppage.
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Another factor here is that a lot of planes have the fuel tanks located above the carburetor. Obviously true of high-wing planes, but it's even true of many low-wing ones, since (unlike the downdraft carb used on most cars pre-EFI) the updraft carb of most aviation engines is located on the bottom of the engine. So even the smallest leak in the carb float could drain a bunch of gas. Many motorcycles have fuel shutoff valves for the same reason.
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– jamesqf
Jul 25 at 4:57
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Based on experience in the automotive world, it may also act as a slight theft deterrent.
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– ivanivan
Jul 25 at 14:27
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Goodness, I hope nobody who can't identify a fuel shutoff valve is going around stealing GA planes.
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– Chris
Jul 25 at 16:57
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@Chris Especially when they are usually clearly labelled with something like FUEL SHUTOFF...
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– a CVn
Jul 25 at 20:32
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Fuel shutoff valves are a hold over from the days of float style carburetors (and necessary on any float style carb system). With a float style carb when the fuel is on the bowl will fill up until the float floats up and shuts the flow off. Since gasoline becomes a vapor at ambient temperature the small pool in the carb will be constantly evaporating. As such the float will sink and refill the bowl. Given enough time this will drain the fuel tank. This vaporous fuel also fills the intake and can cause backfires or intake fires.
The mixture is adjusted post bowl and merely leans you to the point of cutout which may not truly be a full stoppage of fuel.
For fuel injected systems or systems that use some kind of blow through carb a shutoff valve is not strictly necessary for leak reasons but JohnK makes some good points on when its used for safety reasons. Some of these systems will also allow small paths for fuel to escape so a shutoff is often implemented to ensure total fuel stoppage.
answered Jul 24 at 16:17
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Another factor here is that a lot of planes have the fuel tanks located above the carburetor. Obviously true of high-wing planes, but it's even true of many low-wing ones, since (unlike the downdraft carb used on most cars pre-EFI) the updraft carb of most aviation engines is located on the bottom of the engine. So even the smallest leak in the carb float could drain a bunch of gas. Many motorcycles have fuel shutoff valves for the same reason.
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– jamesqf
Jul 25 at 4:57
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Based on experience in the automotive world, it may also act as a slight theft deterrent.
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– ivanivan
Jul 25 at 14:27
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Goodness, I hope nobody who can't identify a fuel shutoff valve is going around stealing GA planes.
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– Chris
Jul 25 at 16:57
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@Chris Especially when they are usually clearly labelled with something like FUEL SHUTOFF...
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– a CVn
Jul 25 at 20:32
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Fuel shutoff valves are a hold over from the days of float style carburetors (and necessary on any float style carb system). With a float style carb when the fuel is on the bowl will fill up until the float floats up and shuts the flow off. Since gasoline becomes a vapor at ambient temperature the small pool in the carb will be constantly evaporating. As such the float will sink and refill the bowl. Given enough time this will drain the fuel tank. This vaporous fuel also fills the intake and can cause backfires or intake fires.
The mixture is adjusted post bowl and merely leans you to the point of cutout which may not truly be a full stoppage of fuel.
For fuel injected systems or systems that use some kind of blow through carb a shutoff valve is not strictly necessary for leak reasons but JohnK makes some good points on when its used for safety reasons. Some of these systems will also allow small paths for fuel to escape so a shutoff is often implemented to ensure total fuel stoppage.
answered Jul 24 at 16:17
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Fuel shutoff valves are a hold over from the days of float style carburetors (and necessary on any float style carb system). With a float style carb when the fuel is on the bowl will fill up until the float floats up and shuts the flow off. Since gasoline becomes a vapor at ambient temperature the small pool in the carb will be constantly evaporating. As such the float will sink and refill the bowl. Given enough time this will drain the fuel tank. This vaporous fuel also fills the intake and can cause backfires or intake fires.
The mixture is adjusted post bowl and merely leans you to the point of cutout which may not truly be a full stoppage of fuel.
For fuel injected systems or systems that use some kind of blow through carb a shutoff valve is not strictly necessary for leak reasons but JohnK makes some good points on when its used for safety reasons. Some of these systems will also allow small paths for fuel to escape so a shutoff is often implemented to ensure total fuel stoppage.
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Another factor here is that a lot of planes have the fuel tanks located above the carburetor. Obviously true of high-wing planes, but it's even true of many low-wing ones, since (unlike the downdraft carb used on most cars pre-EFI) the updraft carb of most aviation engines is located on the bottom of the engine. So even the smallest leak in the carb float could drain a bunch of gas. Many motorcycles have fuel shutoff valves for the same reason.
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– jamesqf
Jul 25 at 4:57
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Based on experience in the automotive world, it may also act as a slight theft deterrent.
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– ivanivan
Jul 25 at 14:27
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Goodness, I hope nobody who can't identify a fuel shutoff valve is going around stealing GA planes.
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– Chris
Jul 25 at 16:57
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@Chris Especially when they are usually clearly labelled with something like FUEL SHUTOFF...
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– a CVn
Jul 25 at 20:32
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Another factor here is that a lot of planes have the fuel tanks located above the carburetor. Obviously true of high-wing planes, but it's even true of many low-wing ones, since (unlike the downdraft carb used on most cars pre-EFI) the updraft carb of most aviation engines is located on the bottom of the engine. So even the smallest leak in the carb float could drain a bunch of gas. Many motorcycles have fuel shutoff valves for the same reason.
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– jamesqf
Jul 25 at 4:57
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Based on experience in the automotive world, it may also act as a slight theft deterrent.
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– ivanivan
Jul 25 at 14:27
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Goodness, I hope nobody who can't identify a fuel shutoff valve is going around stealing GA planes.
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– Chris
Jul 25 at 16:57
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@Chris Especially when they are usually clearly labelled with something like FUEL SHUTOFF...
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– a CVn
Jul 25 at 20:32
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Another factor here is that a lot of planes have the fuel tanks located above the carburetor. Obviously true of high-wing planes, but it's even true of many low-wing ones, since (unlike the downdraft carb used on most cars pre-EFI) the updraft carb of most aviation engines is located on the bottom of the engine. So even the smallest leak in the carb float could drain a bunch of gas. Many motorcycles have fuel shutoff valves for the same reason.
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– jamesqf
Jul 25 at 4:57
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Another factor here is that a lot of planes have the fuel tanks located above the carburetor. Obviously true of high-wing planes, but it's even true of many low-wing ones, since (unlike the downdraft carb used on most cars pre-EFI) the updraft carb of most aviation engines is located on the bottom of the engine. So even the smallest leak in the carb float could drain a bunch of gas. Many motorcycles have fuel shutoff valves for the same reason.
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– jamesqf
Jul 25 at 4:57
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Based on experience in the automotive world, it may also act as a slight theft deterrent.
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– ivanivan
Jul 25 at 14:27
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Based on experience in the automotive world, it may also act as a slight theft deterrent.
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– ivanivan
Jul 25 at 14:27
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Goodness, I hope nobody who can't identify a fuel shutoff valve is going around stealing GA planes.
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– Chris
Jul 25 at 16:57
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Goodness, I hope nobody who can't identify a fuel shutoff valve is going around stealing GA planes.
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– Chris
Jul 25 at 16:57
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@Chris Especially when they are usually clearly labelled with something like FUEL SHUTOFF...
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– a CVn
Jul 25 at 20:32
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@Chris Especially when they are usually clearly labelled with something like FUEL SHUTOFF...
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– a CVn
Jul 25 at 20:32
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The less technical, but accurate, answer is to meet the certification requirements of the FARs. Specifically, FAR 23.2430 is Airworthiness Standards for Fuel systems. It reads in part: (a)Each fuel system must-...(5) "Provide a means to safely remove or isolate the fuel stored in the system from the airplane"
answered Jul 24 at 18:27
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Man that's an awfully broad standard. There must be more detailed requirements somewhere else.
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– John K
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Not sure I agree with "there must be"
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– CGCampbell
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The less technical, but accurate, answer is to meet the certification requirements of the FARs. Specifically, FAR 23.2430 is Airworthiness Standards for Fuel systems. It reads in part: (a)Each fuel system must-...(5) "Provide a means to safely remove or isolate the fuel stored in the system from the airplane"
answered Jul 24 at 18:27
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Man that's an awfully broad standard. There must be more detailed requirements somewhere else.
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– John K
Jul 25 at 3:13
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Not sure I agree with "there must be"
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– CGCampbell
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The less technical, but accurate, answer is to meet the certification requirements of the FARs. Specifically, FAR 23.2430 is Airworthiness Standards for Fuel systems. It reads in part: (a)Each fuel system must-...(5) "Provide a means to safely remove or isolate the fuel stored in the system from the airplane"
answered Jul 24 at 18:27
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The less technical, but accurate, answer is to meet the certification requirements of the FARs. Specifically, FAR 23.2430 is Airworthiness Standards for Fuel systems. It reads in part: (a)Each fuel system must-...(5) "Provide a means to safely remove or isolate the fuel stored in the system from the airplane"
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Man that's an awfully broad standard. There must be more detailed requirements somewhere else.
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– John K
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Not sure I agree with "there must be"
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Man that's an awfully broad standard. There must be more detailed requirements somewhere else.
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– John K
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Not sure I agree with "there must be"
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– CGCampbell
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Man that's an awfully broad standard. There must be more detailed requirements somewhere else.
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– John K
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Man that's an awfully broad standard. There must be more detailed requirements somewhere else.
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– John K
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Not sure I agree with "there must be"
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– CGCampbell
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Here are two examples of high wing fuel systems. The left is a from a 1973 Cessna 177, the right from a later model Cessna 172. You can see in the 177 the fuel cutoff is earlier in the system, before the fuel system is pressurized, while in the later plane it is after the fuel pumps. Either way, fuel is cutoff after the header tank to limit the amount of fuel available in case of an engine fire that could result from a crash.
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Here are two examples of high wing fuel systems. The left is a from a 1973 Cessna 177, the right from a later model Cessna 172. You can see in the 177 the fuel cutoff is earlier in the system, before the fuel system is pressurized, while in the later plane it is after the fuel pumps. Either way, fuel is cutoff after the header tank to limit the amount of fuel available in case of an engine fire that could result from a crash.
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Here are two examples of high wing fuel systems. The left is a from a 1973 Cessna 177, the right from a later model Cessna 172. You can see in the 177 the fuel cutoff is earlier in the system, before the fuel system is pressurized, while in the later plane it is after the fuel pumps. Either way, fuel is cutoff after the header tank to limit the amount of fuel available in case of an engine fire that could result from a crash.
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Here are two examples of high wing fuel systems. The left is a from a 1973 Cessna 177, the right from a later model Cessna 172. You can see in the 177 the fuel cutoff is earlier in the system, before the fuel system is pressurized, while in the later plane it is after the fuel pumps. Either way, fuel is cutoff after the header tank to limit the amount of fuel available in case of an engine fire that could result from a crash.
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If you're changing the mixture, doesn't that indicate the fuel is reaching the carb? Typically you don't want residual fuel sitting in the carburetor as it can break down and gum it up.
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– zymhan
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Is your question inspired by the fact we don't usually have fuel cut-off valves in a car? (note to pedants: a manual one that can be operated directly by the driver).
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