REFLECTOR: Low fuel warning, (was) SERG Fuel Lines

[nmflyer1 at aol.com]

Sid is right, but, In addition:


What ever happened to THINKING.  X gallons per hour, times hours flown (with a reasonable over burn cushion) means relatively few surprises. Use your other warnings to alert you to something amiss, but in the end.. THINK. 


Kurt 








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From: sbjknox <sbjknox at earthlink.net>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Fri, Jun 3, 2011 9:09 pm
Subject: REFLECTOR: Low fuel warning, (was) SERG Fuel Lines


----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Falls" <tomfalls6 at gmail.com> 
[snip] 
>  then the low fuel warning to 
> the pilot once acknowledged to be real, leaves scant little time to find a 
> suitable landing site and get it on the ground. What are the 
> options/solutions to getting (or ensuring) a reasonable amount of low fuel 
> warning? 
 
> Tom 
 
A capacitance fuel gage sensor(s) on one or both wing tanks with alarms and a readout on the panel is one option. 
 
Sid Knox 
Oklahoma 
 
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