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Jan, we have the cork-and-wire guage in the header tank and, if we have 9 gallon wing tanks, the sight guage in the left tank. If we have 7.7 gallon wing tanks, commonly called 8 gallon tanks, we have the cork-and-wire guage there. No need to call the wing tanks "auxilliary tanks." I'm sure the Feds would not go for that designation, anyway, since there is quite a bit of plumbing and the fuel pump between the wing tanks and the header tank. Syd Cohen Jan E Zanutto wrote: ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Fuel gauges need not be provided for small auxiliary tanks which are used only to transfer fuel to other tanks ~~~ I'm pretty sure that this covers our coupes.It can be argued that our outer tanks have no other purpose than to feed the header tank..... which has it's own gauge. The CARs are published on the FAA.GOV website. It would benefit us all to read them and become familiar with them. Any "ramp check" needs to be conducted in accordance with the regulation that the aircraft was designed and built under. The basic cockpit layout of the Ercoupe violates FAR 21, which states that the instruments need to be within view of the pilot and visible within X number of degrees from the side. Our planes have instruments spread all over the place in such a fashion that you need to poke your head over into your passenger's personal space to read them; but it was ok under the CARs. Jan Z Fresno ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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