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Video tour inside the Boeing B747-400 fuel tanks.

submitted by Sector2 to Aircraft 3 monthsJan 20, 2024 20:15:37 ago (+26/-0)     (yewtu.be)

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4ktqOWgZfEE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ktqOWgZfEE jootube


@gnostechnician
1 year ago
I saw one of those conspiracy theory posts like "how can you fit 60 000 gallons of fuel in a plane???", and obviously that's silly, but I didn't actually know what the fuel tank of a 747 is like, and a quick google brought me to this video, which is super impressive to learn about! So at least the crackpots were useful for one thing. 😃

Yeah, those tanks are pretty big.


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[ - ] observation1 5 points 3 monthsJan 20, 2024 23:12:17 ago (+6/-1)

Flat earthers on suicide watch

[ - ] Sector2 [op] 2 points 3 monthsJan 21, 2024 12:22:34 ago (+2/-0)

Infinite flat airplane.

[ - ] 4thTurning 3 points 3 monthsJan 21, 2024 06:24:19 ago (+3/-0)

Hollow earth still real

[ - ] watts2db 2 points 3 monthsJan 21, 2024 08:35:25 ago (+2/-0)

I have heard that the fuel also partially gives the wings structure as well

[ - ] TheGreatWar 2 points 3 monthsJan 21, 2024 00:09:04 ago (+2/-0)

I want to see the belly tank. I've heard that's like a small living room. Also, the passenger (non-freighter) models had tanks in the horizontal stabilizer as well.

[ - ] Oldguynewname 1 point 3 monthsJan 20, 2024 21:19:25 ago (+2/-1)

Up vote for you not being an asshole about it.

But jews still did 9/11

[ - ] Sector2 [op] 2 points 3 monthsJan 20, 2024 21:28:48 ago (+2/-0)

Having not seen the inside of a wing tank before, that amount of fuel does seem a little extraordinary.

[ - ] Oldguynewname 0 points 3 monthsJan 20, 2024 21:35:25 ago (+1/-1)

Well I know that on the submarine I was on had a tank between the bulkhead to the engine room from aft missile Bay.

Dude it was a 42ft wide circumference and 3ft I think. Might have been 6? But was a fucking lot.

Could run a fairbanks and Morris 38 and 1/8 bore train engine for a loooooooooooog time.

There are tanks in the rear too.

[ - ] xmasskull 2 points 3 monthsJan 21, 2024 02:19:36 ago (+2/-0)

It takes a long time to bunker fuel from the tender to fill that.

[ - ] Oldguynewname 1 point 3 monthsJan 21, 2024 04:02:42 ago (+2/-1)

Indeed it does. Never part of that aboard an SSBN. Did stores loads at sea.

[ - ] xmasskull 1 point 3 monthsJan 21, 2024 17:33:14 ago (+1/-0)

Underway or static? Either or,very hazardous to both crews. Hat's off to you & your shipmates!!

[ - ] Oldguynewname 0 points 3 monthsJan 21, 2024 22:10:13 ago (+1/-1)

Underway.

[ - ] BushChuck 0 points 3 monthsJan 21, 2024 08:11:23 ago (+1/-1)

Is that guy 9" tall, or am I expected to believe you can stand upright inside the wing of an old 747?

Have you ever seen a wing before?

[ - ] Sector2 [op] 2 points 3 monthsJan 21, 2024 11:56:30 ago (+2/-0)

He's taller than 9 inches, but they did hire midgets to promote the whole "passenger airplane" scam.