REFLECTOR: Fuel Tank Calibration

[Jim Agnew]

Dave, start with all tanks empty and pour in enough to turn off you low fuel light on the sump.  This will establish how much fuel is in the sump.  Next using 5 gallon gas cans pour in 5 gal. at a time and give it time to level in the two main tanks to give you the 5 gal point (or pour 5 gal in each tank and eliminate the leveling wait time and mark your 10 gal point).  Repeat until both tanks full.
 
Jim
 
James F. Agnew
Jim_Agnew_2 at Yahoo.Com
Tampa, FL
Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying 



----- Original Message ----
From: Dave Black <dvblack at comcast.net>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:37:21 AM
Subject: REFLECTOR: Fuel Tank Calibration


We are just about to do our fuel tank calibration, and I realized I 
don't know a good way to stop fuel from flowing from the strake tanks 
into the sump. We do not have fuel shutoff valves on the individual 
strake tanks.

The best we've been able to come up with is to remove the sump and 
temporarily install some longer hoses to the strake tank drains. That 
way we could block those hoses while calibrating the tanks, then when 
done drain the fuel into fuel cans.

But this becomes a somewhat complicated and messy process -- and will 
require a minimum of 6 gasoline cans. How has everyone else done it? Can 
anyone suggest a better method of calibrating the fuel tanks?

Thanks,
Dave Black
Shortwing RG
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