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> wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> B2
>
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> Charles Brown
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> Subject: [LML] Fuel vol correction
>
> 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 complete
> absence of speed brake provisions.  However, I just got around to exhausting
> 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.
>
> Charley Brown
> Legacy 275 hr
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