I am just looking for a way to gauge how much fuel is in the tank during pre-flight. Most of my flying is going to be 1-2 hours, so topping off the tanks each time I fly is not practical.
Unless someone here has already figured out a way, my plan is to just re-calibrate my 26gal C-172 tube by measuring and noting the level, then filling the tank to determine the correct number of gals. Eventually I'll have an accurate way to gauge the remaining fuel at any level. I learned something here over the weekend about NOT filling the tanks to the brim. I did that a couple of hours ago and used nearly 7 gal the first hour. I could not figure out why the sudden 2 gal per hr increase. I understand now that I probably siphoned off the top. Lesson learned. --- In [email protected], ebengui...@... wrote: > > 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 >
