On Apr 3, 5:01 pm, "Maxwell" wrote:
"chris" wrote in message

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Hey guys.. I have noticed a bit of a theme with these posts.. It
seems people here are saying it's nice to have a stick to dip your
tanks. That makes it sound like it's not standard to have one??? In
whatever country you are from, that is. Here you'd be hard pressed
to find an aircraft that doesn't have a stick in it, except for things
like Robins that have one tank inside the fuselage and a funny fuel
filler in the side window..

If this is true, doesn't it follow that if sticks are not standard
then people will be inclined to not use them, and then they presumably
will begin to rely on gauges which seem to be prone to going tits up,
whereas a stick has no moving parts to break down :-)

So, I am thinking it is more sensible to always dip your tanks and
then ignore the gauges than it is to not have a stick and have to rely
on gauges or eyeballing the tank???

I think the reason most of the people including me seldom use them, is we
usually top off before each take off. I fly rental aircraft and usually find
the aircraft topped off or just an hour or so down. Unless you are pushing
the minimums it's either full enough it's obviouse to the eyeball, or you
top off to be on the safe side.


I rent, and have often found not much gas in the tanks.. Without
dipping the tanks I can't tell if there's enough.. I am not likely to
go wait in line to fill up if I am not going far, but we aren't going
anywhere if we don't know how much is in there..