RV-8 fuel tank dipstick

[traynhr]

Would love to have a fuel tank dipstick for our RV8. Anyone come up with one?

[BruceEicher]

Aircraft Spruce...I marked it during calibration and have checked it many times when refueling. I could share the marking locations assuming your tanks are the same, seems they should be. I'll be in the hangar tomorrow night.

http://m.aircraftspruce.com/pages/ps...hawkuniv11.php

[koupster]

Shorten as appropriate. Mark two gallon increments in permanent marker (one side of the stick for each tank).

Cheers, David

[traynhr]

Would love to have measurements. Thanks!!!!!

[humptybump]

I recently saw a fuel "dipstick" which was integrated right into a standard Vans fuel cap. I'm not 100% sure how it was accomplished but I plan to figure it out (or reverse engineer it) one of these days.

[John Owen]

Originally Posted by traynhr

Would love to have measurements. Thanks!!!!!

I agree! Maybe a picture of the stirrer with a yard stick/tape measure next to it, if you could. Also, do you measure from the forward or aft side of the fuel cap opening?

Thanks.
John

[BruceEicher]

Originally Posted by John Owen

I agree! Maybe a picture of the stirrer with a yard stick/tape measure next to it, if you could. Also, do you measure from the forward or aft side of the fuel cap opening?

Thanks.
John

I'll add the photo tonight showing the measurements. To maintain consistent readings I place the clear straw like stick down against the "L" skin stiffener that is on the tank bottom and just behind the filler neck, with the stick against the aft side if the filler neck, I then put my finger over the "straw" end and pull up for reading...(Sorry, Dip Stick 101 may not be needed).
"IF" your pre punched wing is the same as mine your results should be the same, but worth double checking a few times...no warranty expressed or implied.

[BruceEicher]

One more variable; -8 vs -8A....my tail rests on a little wheel.

And...my dip stick is calibrated for "total Fuel". Not "useable fuel".

Moral of the story: never use someone else's dip stick for your dirty work...rather it be wood, plastic, or other.



Oh, and proof I wasn't measuring my dip stick all night.

[traynhr]

Thanks! We will check it against our own "little wheeled" 8!

[74-07]

Would love to have the dipstick measurements again. Photo no longer available.