Fuel Tabs (Gallons Left)

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GAHorn
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Re: Fuel Tabs (Gallons Left)

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lowNslow wrote:
jrenwick wrote:If you measure unuseable fuel that way, you'll come up with more than the 37 gallons Cessna claimed was useable. I calibrated my stick the other way -- started with a full tank (37 gallons useable), removed two gallons, marked the stick (35 gallons), lather, rinse, repeat. If you do that, zero on the stick corresponds to zero useable in the tank.
Interesting, perhaps that is why the dipstick George mentioned above starts at minus 2 instead of zero.
Yes,,,,,but... the method of modifying it as I described will correct for the 3-point stance of the taildragger.
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Re: Fuel Tabs (Gallons Left)

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gahorn wrote:
Yes,,,,,but... the method of modifying it as I described will correct for the 3-point stance of the taildragger.
So is the stick showing total fuel or usable fuel?
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Re: Fuel Tabs (Gallons Left)

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Useable fuel with the modified Fuel Hawk. (When flying, I don't care one whit about unuseable fuel.)
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