Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:18:50 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from sfo.erg.sri.com ([128.18.4.100] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.3) with ESMTP id 2576272 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:45:55 -0400 Received: from lab6221 (thomas-l-ej315.SRI.COM [128.18.6.82]) by sfo.erg.sri.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id MAA19137 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:42:24 -0700 (PDT) From: "Thomas Low" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: VM1000 * Fuel Monitor X-Original-Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:45:58 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 I am very happy with my VM1000 and VMS fuel monitor. I installed the 16 inch probe in my removable header tank long after the tank was closed up, and have had no problems. The gallon at the top of the tank (the 11th gallon added) does not register on the probe, as it is totally submerged after 10 gallons. I use the totalizer to track fuel in the wings, and a pillar point avionics fuel pump controller to shut of the transfer pumps when the wings go dry. Because I don't feed from my wing tanks to the engine directly, i.e. they are used as aux tanks, I choose to interpret the FAR's in such a way that it is not required to have fuel gauges in the wings.... Any comments? Tom Low thomas.low@sri.com LNC 235