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  • Thumbnail for Self-sealing fuel tank
    A self-sealing fuel tank is a type of fuel tank, typically used in aircraft fuel tanks or fuel bladders, that prevents them from leaking fuel and igniting...
    12 KB (1,322 words) - 17:23, 8 June 2024
  • permanently self-repairing or at least loses air very slowly. There are also a number of retrofitted tire sealants which act in a similar way to self-sealing tires...
    12 KB (1,393 words) - 11:35, 5 September 2023
  • The self-sealing suction cup is a suction cup that exerts a suction force only when it is in physical contact with an object. Unlike most other suction...
    10 KB (1,469 words) - 21:31, 12 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Self-healing material
    animals examined, firstly a self-sealing phase and secondly a self-healing phase can be identified. In plants, the rapid self-sealing prevents the plants from...
    102 KB (12,326 words) - 14:08, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bell P-39 Airacobra
    machine guns to the two existing 0.50 in (12.7 mm) guns. Lacking armor or self-sealing fuel tanks, the prototype was 2,000 lb (910 kg) lighter than the production...
    84 KB (11,847 words) - 15:04, 21 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mitsubishi A6M Zero
    and rudder, rendering it difficult to maneuver at high speeds. Lack of self-sealing fuel tanks also made it more vulnerable than its contemporaries. By 1944...
    92 KB (10,926 words) - 15:25, 18 June 2024
  • aeronautical industry to make fuel and oil handling hoses, seals, grommets, and self-sealing fuel tanks. It is also used in the food service, medical, and nuclear...
    13 KB (1,497 words) - 20:39, 18 June 2024
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    SBD-3, which began manufacture in early 1941. It had increased armor, self-sealing fuel tanks, and four machine guns. The SBD-4 provided a 12-volt (up from...
    47 KB (5,646 words) - 06:02, 21 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa
    could outmaneuver any opponent, but did not initially have armor or self-sealing fuel tanks, and its armament was poor until its final version, which...
    36 KB (4,210 words) - 14:43, 17 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lockheed P-38 Lightning
    remaining 36 in the batch were upgraded with small improvements such as self-sealing fuel tanks and enhanced armor protection to make them combat-capable...
    141 KB (18,822 words) - 11:22, 31 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cataract surgery
    MSICS, which does not usually need stitches as the incision should be self sealing under internal pressure due to its geometry. Comparative trials of MSICS...
    150 KB (15,154 words) - 16:41, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Consolidated B-24 Liberator
    by Consolidated and the USAAC to test armor installations as well as self-sealing fuel tanks. Initially, these aircraft were to be given USAAC serials...
    110 KB (15,366 words) - 20:48, 21 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Douglas A-20 Havoc
    A-20B, another high-altitude bomber variant – lacking heavy armor and self-sealing fuel tanks – received a significant order from the USAAC: 999 aircraft...
    54 KB (7,093 words) - 17:55, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Parafilm
    and polyolefins. It is a ductile, malleable, non-toxic, odorless, and self-sealing thermoplastic. It has been manufactured by the company Amcor since its...
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    which tended to ricochet off harmlessly. Similarly the introduction of self sealing fuel tanks provided reliable protection against these small projectiles...
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  • Thumbnail for Vought F4U Corsair
    fuselage, ahead of the cockpit. Accordingly, as a 237 US gal (897 L) self-sealing fuel tank replaced the fuselage mounted armament, the cockpit had to...
    107 KB (14,180 words) - 02:12, 22 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Brewster F2A Buffalo
    canopy. However (as was still common at this time), the aircraft lacked self-sealing fuel tanks and pilot armor. Fuel capacity was only 160 US gal (610 L)...
    73 KB (9,585 words) - 20:25, 3 May 2024
  • Fuel tanks for combat aircraft have long been inerted, as well as being self-sealing, but those for military cargo aircraft and civilian transport category...
    14 KB (2,074 words) - 22:04, 4 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Aircraft fuel tank
    such as the Cessna 172. Combat aircraft and helicopters generally use self-sealing fuel tanks. Bladder tanks, bag tanks or fuel cells, are reinforced rubberised...
    7 KB (961 words) - 18:35, 28 July 2021
  • Thumbnail for Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
    achieved its feats by sacrificing armor and self-sealing fuel tanks. Aircraft with armor and self-sealing fuel tanks, such as the Kawanishi N1K-J would...
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