X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-PolluStop: No license found, only first 5 messages were scanned Return-Path: Received: from [70.210.8.76] (account marv@lancaironline.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WEBUSER 5.1c.1) with HTTP id 1211831 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:30:31 -0400 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] Checking fuel tanks. LNC 2 To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser v5.1c.1 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:30:31 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <004601c69b41$7e6b2b50$660610ac@jacky0da39824a> References: <004601c69b41$7e6b2b50$660610ac@jacky0da39824a> X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1";format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for "Tom Gourley" : Ian Crowe wrote: "So I have two little 5 gallon out board tanks. Once the fuel from this has been used or stolen there is no fuel to be seen or that can be stolen." What about the sump drains? Even if you have locking gas caps fuel could still be drained from the sumps. I do a visual check of my tanks before each flight; remove the caps and shine a flashlight down in the tanks. At present I fly a Commander 112. It has wet wing and you can actually get a pretty good visual reading on fuel quantity. Commander put graduated tabs in the tanks that are marked at 15, 20, 25, and 30 gallons. Topped off is 32 gallons usable on each side. The tabs don't go down to 10 gallons but through experience I can tell when a tank is at that level by how far the fuel is below the bottom of the tabs. I don't take off when there's less than 10 gallons on each side. That may be overly conservative for some, but I'm comfortable with it. By the way, anyone out there interested in buying a 1973 Commander 112, or know of someone who might be? If so you can contact me at tom.gourley@verizon.net. The time has come for me to sell the 112 so I can get serious about finishing my Legacy. Tom Gourley Legacy Builder