or just buy a precise fuel totalizer! a far better system, which even shows GPM, etc.
> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:14:37 -0600 > To: krnet at list.krnet.org > Subject: Re: KR> project update > From: krnet at list.krnet.org > > > > how to use capacitance probes for my wing tanks without placing > > them in the tanks. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Robert, > > The only possibility I can envision is to have a stand pipe inside > the cockpit , connected to the tank , where the level of fuel in the > standpipe follows the level in the wing. In that case, why not just > use a site gauge. I have 7 foot long probes in my wing tanks running > from root to tip of the outer wing panel. Because the tank thickness > changes from root to tip, they are not linear. For wing tanks where > the wing has dihedral there is no perfect system, floats or > otherwise. Know what fuel you start with, know your fuel burn, and > watch the clock. > > Larry Flesner > P.S. for Robert. I'll be in Nashville on occasion as my daughter is > moving there next month. I'd like to visit your project and promise > not to track dirt into your sterile workshop. :-) > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
