Just Flight Standard VC10, Operation Manual

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VC10 Professional – Operations Manual
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Flight Engineer’s station – fuel panel
The fuel panel is situated below the jettison panel. Fuel quantities, pump switches and crossfeed valves are all
found here. Essentially split into two subsections, the bottom half of the panel displays the fuel flow, temperature
and the controls for the booster pumps and main fuel cocks to the engines. The top half displays the fuel
quantity per tank and the various transfer valves required to keep the aircraft ‘in trim’ during a long flight. For the
Super VC10, there’s an extra control to feed the tip tank found at the top of the tail.
1. Fuel system temperature gauge
2. Centre tank fuel contents gauge with press-to-test button
3. Tank 1A fuel contents gauge with press-to-test button
4. Centre fuel tank left transfer pump
5. Centre fuel tank right transfer pump
6. Tank 4A fuel contents gauge with press-to-test button
7. Left alternate transfer switch
8. Right alternate transfer switch
9. Tank 1A to 1 transfer switch
10. Tank 1 transfer switch
11. Tank 2 transfer switch
12. Crossfeed valve switch
13. Tank 3 transfer switch
14. Tank 4 transfer switch
15. Tank 4A to 4 transfer switch
16. Tank 1 to 4 (left to right) fuel contents gauges with press-to-test buttons
17. Tank control switches:
a. Booster pump switches (forward and aft)
b. LP cock switches
18. Low pressure warning lights
19. Fuel temperature gauges
20. Fuel flow meters
21. Fuel pressure gauges and clock