Fuel Gauge Calibration Issue
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Just did my first flight in the Baron (TC version) and noticed an issue with the fuel gauges. The needles stay glued to the full side until I've burned almost 30 gallons/side as shown in the tablet interface. At this point, when they should be indicating below 3/4, they will just begin to show deflection off of full.
Otherwise, loving these aircraft!
Edit: Forgot to add - this is in 2020
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Just did my first flight in the Baron (TC version) and noticed an issue with the fuel gauges. The needles stay glued to the full side until I've burned almost 30 gallons/side as shown in the tablet interface. At this point, when they should be indicating below 3/4, they will just begin to show deflection off of full.
Otherwise, loving these aircraft!
Edit: Forgot to add - this is in 2020
@tttocs that’s expected - if you review the manual you’ll see that the extended tanks allow for more fuel but the gauges are still standard equipment and don’t reflect the additional fuel.
Edit: found the section -
Each fuel tank has a capacity of 86 U.S. Gallons, with 83 gal usable in the normally aspirated aircraft, and 101
U.S. Gallons, with 98 gal usable in the turbocharged aircraft. The extra 15 gallons of fuel stored in each wingtip cell of the turbocharged variants is not reflected on these instruments. -
@Iconography thanks for that. I have gone through the manual but missed this so the pointer is appreciated. That said, it still seems a bit off given that I didn't see any noticeable deflection until almost 30 gals/side had been burned - significantly more than the 15 gal difference. I'll pay more attention on the next flight to see if perhaps I just didn't notice earlier movement.
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@tttocs that’s expected - if you review the manual you’ll see that the extended tanks allow for more fuel but the gauges are still standard equipment and don’t reflect the additional fuel.
Edit: found the section -
Each fuel tank has a capacity of 86 U.S. Gallons, with 83 gal usable in the normally aspirated aircraft, and 101
U.S. Gallons, with 98 gal usable in the turbocharged aircraft. The extra 15 gallons of fuel stored in each wingtip cell of the turbocharged variants is not reflected on these instruments.@Iconography said in Fuel Gauge Calibration Issue:
@tttocs that’s expected - if you review the manual you’ll see that the extended tanks allow for more fuel but the gauges are still standard equipment and don’t reflect the additional fuel.
Edit: found the section -
Each fuel tank has a capacity of 86 U.S. Gallons, with 83 gal usable in the normally aspirated aircraft, and 101
U.S. Gallons, with 98 gal usable in the turbocharged aircraft. The extra 15 gallons of fuel stored in each wingtip cell of the turbocharged variants is not reflected on these instruments.Doh...So I'm guessing this is why I just saw 78 Gal. in the EFB and full on the gauges.
RTFM is so many big words...Thank you.