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From: John Barrett <2thman1@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Fuel vol correction
X-Original-Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:04:17 -0700
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I have to retract my comments.  Thought you had a IV or IVP.  Should have 95=
 gal or more capacity.  Sorry.

John

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On Jul 19, 2013, at 12:51 PM, "Bill Bradburry" <bbradburry@bellsouth.net> wr=
ote:

> Charley,
> Did you sump the tank prior to refilling it to ensure that it was truly
> empty?  You may be looking at 3 gallons un-usable.  The Legacy wings have
> little dihedral and there is a lot of sloshing.  You may have unported the=

> fuel outlet finger strainer and made you think the tank was empty.
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> When I calibrated the fuel gage on my Legacy with speed brake wells, both
> tanks were 36 gallons filled to the bottom of the fuel inlet.  37 gallons
> makes sense if you don't have the speed brake wells.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of
> Charles Brown
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 7:22 AM
> To: lml@lancaironline.net
> Subject: [LML] Fuel vol correction
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> I may have provided some bad info in the past.  I stated that the fuel vol=

> in my wing tanks was 37 gal per side; attributing the extra to the complet=
e
> absence of speed brake provisions.  However, I just got around to exhausti=
ng
> a fuel tank in flight, and refilled it with 34 gallons.  Of the many
> possible variables, the one that seems most dubious is the accuracy of the=

> 1/2 gallon measuring cup that was the basis for the original calibration.
> I"m still sorting through this one.
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> Charley Brown
> Legacy 275 hr
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