I have a pair of wing tank float gauges (if you want them let me know) with corks which I removed and replaced with flat, vented caps from Skyport. I didn't like them because they only told you about the top 2 gallons of the 8 gallon tank and the wind resistance of the tubes cost me 2 miles per hour (as checked over 100 hours of flying). My coupe will fly longer than my bladder will take, so it doesn't make much difference. Rule of thumb, "when the nose tank gauge goes down, I come down. When the cork is at the bottom, I have 4 gal. of fuel left and that is my emergency reserve ONLY.
Fred -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Mon, Apr 19, 2010 6:26 am Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Fuel Gauge Rick, Skyport sold a gauge that was part of the 9 gal fuel tank cap. You'd look out at the wing and try to read the glass tube which was incorporated into the fuel cap. It was something like the header tank float system. I purchased one -I was not happy with it. Prof. Ed
