Wow! A Buddy, who is also an RV-12 builder ask me a couple of questions about our fuel gauge display on the EMS page, and I realized just how little I know about it. Hopefully I know enough to ask a couple of intelligent questions. If not.....
First, Am I correct in stating that the number at the top of the "FUEL GAL" indicator on our EMS screen is a measured number, and depending on how good of a job that we did when we calibrated the gauge while adding each 2 gal. increment, this should be pretty accurate. I have always wondered why that number doesn't fluctuate in bumpy air, but my guess is that the Skyview dampens that for us.
2nd, After adding fuel, the fuel computer menu comes up with an alert that you have a "Fuel Mismatch", and asks for some input, such as: Accept, Full, Add, or Cancel. My guess is that this is a computed value, with accuracy based on the "K" factor that we loaded during setup. Now, can you access that screen without adding fuel, and if so, how?? I thought that this might be a good way of fine tuning the "K" factor.
The book makes mention that there is "fuel Remaining, Fuel Used, fuel Efficiency, Fuel at Waypoint, and Range Values" information available, but I have never seen it. Anybody know how to get to it during a flight?
Thanks for your thoughts...........Tom
First, Am I correct in stating that the number at the top of the "FUEL GAL" indicator on our EMS screen is a measured number, and depending on how good of a job that we did when we calibrated the gauge while adding each 2 gal. increment, this should be pretty accurate. I have always wondered why that number doesn't fluctuate in bumpy air, but my guess is that the Skyview dampens that for us.
2nd, After adding fuel, the fuel computer menu comes up with an alert that you have a "Fuel Mismatch", and asks for some input, such as: Accept, Full, Add, or Cancel. My guess is that this is a computed value, with accuracy based on the "K" factor that we loaded during setup. Now, can you access that screen without adding fuel, and if so, how?? I thought that this might be a good way of fine tuning the "K" factor.
The book makes mention that there is "fuel Remaining, Fuel Used, fuel Efficiency, Fuel at Waypoint, and Range Values" information available, but I have never seen it. Anybody know how to get to it during a flight?
Thanks for your thoughts...........Tom