Re: Seatback sight tube

[Nigel Graham <nigelgraham@btclick.com>]

You could fit LED/photo-detectors across the sight tube to detect the fuel
level at set points like Full, 1/2 Full and the Reserve threshold.
Slave these to small bright LEDs on the instrument panel and you'll still be
able know your fuel contents when your spine becomes non-flexible and you
become geriatric ......though by that time you probably won't remember why
they are flashing!

Nigel (the other one)
----- Original Message -----
From: "McFadyean" <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
> It would be useful I think to have a bead of "something" floating in the
> sight gauge tube as its difficult to see the level during flight; even
with
> a flexible non-geriatric spine.
>
> The idea of a fuel resistant float has been discussed before. Cork I think
> would probably survive in the long term, but needs to be brightly
coloured;
> with what?
>
> Duncan McFadyean
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