REFLECTOR: Fuel Tank Calibration

John Dibble aminetech at bluefrog.com
Tue Sep 12 12:40:47 CDT 2006


Hmmmm.  My sight glasses are marked for the amount of fuel in each
tank.  i.e. If I were to add 10 gal and let it level, I would read 5 gal
in each glass.  I like this better as sometimes the levels are not the
same and it is easy to just add the 2 numbers to get the total fuel.

John

Jim Agnew wrote:

> 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. JimJames
> 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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