Flying w/faulty gas gauge

"EDR" wrote in message ...

I believe certification only requires that the gauge show empty when
the tank is empty.

You keep saying this, but it's not true.

Of course, in
a Cub it is just a wire in a cork sticking up through the cap.

Works better than a lot of gauges...

Ron Natalie wrote:
I believe certification only requires that the gauge show empty when
the tank is empty.

You keep saying this, but it's not true.

Empty... unusable... Not much difference in my book. If there is no fuel
flowing to the engine, it's empty!
Of course, if you know the Chinese fuel management technique, you can
extract some or all of the unusable fuel.

that isn't the part that isn't true

I didn't expect this thread to spark this much discussion!

"john smith" wrote in message
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Ron Natalie wrote:
I believe certification only requires that the gauge show empty when
the tank is empty.

You keep saying this, but it's not true.

Empty... unusable... Not much difference in my book. If there is no fuel
flowing to the engine, it's empty!
Of course, if you know the Chinese fuel management technique, you can
extract some or all of the unusable fuel.

"john smith" wrote in message ...
Ron Natalie wrote:
I believe certification only requires that the gauge show empty when
the tank is empty.

You keep saying this, but it's not true.

Empty... unusable... Not much difference in my book. If there is no fuel
flowing to the engine, it's empty!

People pull one cluase out of the reg. I've posted it. If you read the full
sentence people keep pulling out of their asses, you'll find that the gauges
are not any more or less accurate at empty than anywhere else.

"john smith" wrote in message
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Ron Natalie wrote:
I believe certification only requires that the gauge show empty when
the tank is empty.

You keep saying this, but it's not true.

Empty... unusable... Not much difference in my book. If there is no fuel
flowing to the engine, it's empty!
Of course, if you know the Chinese fuel management technique, you can
extract some or all of the unusable fuel.

The regulation reads

(9) Fuel gauge indicating the quantity of fuel in each tank.

"Gig Giacona" wrote in message ...
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Empty... unusable... Not much difference in my book. If there is no fuel
flowing to the engine, it's empty!
Of course, if you know the Chinese fuel management technique, you can
extract some or all of the unusable fuel.

The regulation reads

(9) Fuel gauge indicating the quantity of fuel in each tank.

23.1337 says
Fuel quantity indication. There must be a means to indicate to the flightcrew members the quantity
of usable fuel in each tank during flight. An indicator calibrated in appropriate units and clearly marked
to indicate those units must be used. In addition:
(1) Each fuel quantity indicator must be calibrated to read "zero"
during level flight when the quantity of fuel remaining in the tank is equal to the unusable fuel supply determined under
§ 23.959(a)

Well .. if that's the standard .. I've never seen one meet it.


"Gig Giacona" wrote in message
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The regulation reads

(9) Fuel gauge indicating the quantity of fuel in each tank.

Roger Tracy wrote:

Well .. if that's the standard .. I've never seen one meet it.

I have two in my Maule. The gauges in my old Cessna 150 were also pretty
accurate.

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