All,
I came across something new today - an iOS app that allows you to (closely) monitor fuel in aircraft like ours, with two tanks. You can find the app here: http://bit.ly/oBAYbA
I've always wondered exactly how much fuel I have in each tank. Yeah, yeah, I do the math on pen and paper, and I use my GPS for switching tanks, but this app goes way beyond.
You can set various alarms (low fuel, low total time remaining, etc), various timers (say you want to fly 30 minutes out, then switch every hour...you can do that...), and is accurate to a tenth of a gallon (you set fuel flows for each phase of flight).
Anyway - it's good. I'd maybe change a few small user interface items, but it's way better than what I'm used to doing, and I think a good safety improvement.
Does anyone else know of any others like this?
James
I came across something new today - an iOS app that allows you to (closely) monitor fuel in aircraft like ours, with two tanks. You can find the app here: http://bit.ly/oBAYbA
I've always wondered exactly how much fuel I have in each tank. Yeah, yeah, I do the math on pen and paper, and I use my GPS for switching tanks, but this app goes way beyond.
You can set various alarms (low fuel, low total time remaining, etc), various timers (say you want to fly 30 minutes out, then switch every hour...you can do that...), and is accurate to a tenth of a gallon (you set fuel flows for each phase of flight).
Anyway - it's good. I'd maybe change a few small user interface items, but it's way better than what I'm used to doing, and I think a good safety improvement.
Does anyone else know of any others like this?
James