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![]() Vance has some nice gauges but they seem a bit pricey. The plastic and lights would be easy to get. Looks like all you'd need to do is heat up some clear plexiglas or lexan over a wooden dowel. About ten bucks worth of materials maybe? I thought of taking a piece of clear plastic or glass tube with a 90 deg. bend in the top and the bottom similar to the Velocity setup. Two holes in the side of the use and flox the tube in. Backlight it and you're set.
Chris, you tried a bait shop? They have those fake spawn balls or little balls like that for spinners and such. |
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Any comments on the above would be appreciated. Realistically, I'll probably put in the window, but as a backup system, not the sight gauges.
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![]() You're used to only being able to see your fuel once - during pre-flight. There's nothing quite flying for 3.5 hours in a stiff and variable wind at different altitudes, passing overhead a fuel stop, knowing you're about 45 miles out from your destination and looking back to see exactly how much fuel is remaining in each tank. I have capacitance gages installed. Just like in navigation, I like to have at least two indicators for the same thing. If they agree I'm comfortable. If they disagree, then I need to find out which one is right. The sight gages are [almost] always right.
Given that these gages have worked without problems for hundreds, if not thousands of flyers and given that failure could mean 60 gallons of fuel in the cockpit, my suggestion would be to spend the $70 or whatever Vance gets these days and install them. |
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![]() Anyone know how the sight guages hold up to alcohol in autofuel (ethanol mixes)?
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![]() Hmmm, good question, and if I can avoid the inevitable questioning looks, to methyl esters of vegitable oils (i.e. Biodiesel), Road diesel, Turbine fuel and such other things a compression ignition engine might run on?
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Oh, and the type of attack that an acid gives (oxidization?) is pretty different to what a fuel might (solvent), so I'd not drwas conclusions without extended testing or data.
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![]() my sump thingy for planes has a ball in it - floats in fuel, not in water
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