> The big problem with ALL low-wing aircraft is the wing dihedral. If you mount the cork float & wire at the cap, you will still hve considerable fuel in the tank. The only way to deal with this is to drain the tank completely. Then refill the tank to the point where it now reaches the highest end. (Naturally, you measure this input very pricesely) Now you know how much fuel remains in the tank when the indicator shows empty. The capinstance gauge is the most accurate of all gauges. I saw one displayed at Sun N Fun last year and it was accurate to the last GUART! Unfortunately, it is not FAA approved. (They seem to feel we fly our airplanes with water in the tanks and this type of gauge does not react to water) EAA guys use it and do not have a problem. God bless the FAA! George Frebert
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:53:24 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've got a question regarding this topic... > If the tanks are inter-connected, then why the need to have a gauge > in both tanks? I've toyed with putting one of the wire float/wire on the > left > wing cap so I could see it. Figured if the left tank has 1/2, then the right > side does too... as they are interconnected. OK... maybe if the line gets > blocked, I can understand that, but seems overly redundant to have 3 working > fuel gauges when ultimatly the measured fuel gets into the header tank and > is > measured again. (I'm confusing myself now...) > Andy > > > --------------------------------- > to unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _____________________________________________________________ > Who will win the Oscars? Spout off on our Entertainment list! > http://www.topica.com/lists/showbiztalk _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freeworld.excite.com --------------------------------- to unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________ Who will win the Oscars? Spout off on our Entertainment list! http://www.topica.com/lists/showbiztalk
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