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Actual fuel quantity [message #11637]

Mon, 28 July 2014 17:42

Dave Klain
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I’ve found my 35 gal outers to hold about what they should and that the fuel totalizer is scary in how accurate it is. I do find that if they fill the main tank with one hose, they will fill one side until full, then fill the other but that if they don’t wait a bit (or check the first side again) they may not get the full amount in (presumably as the fuel is settling and leveling off between the three compartments in the main fuel tank. That said, it is never more than 5-10 gal they can get in so unless I am really worried about max fuel, I don’t sweat it because my general rule of thumb is to land with at least 600 lbs of fuel on board. I do look at the main fuel tank gauge and see what it reads on power up and have a feel for what “full” looks like on the gauge (on all three gauges actually).

Dave

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