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Every time I tried it I seemed to get an 'Avgas shower'.midlifeflyer wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2019 11:55 am LOL. I said "efficiently." I was taught how to use them in my first Diamond checkout 18 years ago and had to teach it a few times. Can be done, but it would be helpful to have three hands
I wouldn't expect it to work accurately on a DA40, since it only would read the quantity in the outermost tank (and not even all of that, because of wing dihedral and the location of the fill port). Since the Diamond gauge reads at the lowest point of the tank assembly in each wing, it will be fairly accurate.chili4way wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:27 pm Has anyone tried (and had success with) the Sporty's "Universal Fuel Gauge"? https://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/unive ... 11-in.html
Exactly the reason for the Diamond device. The filler caps are nowhere near the point where a vertical probe would work unless the tanks were full, whether one of those universal glass straws or the thin wooden dowel with markings many pilots of other aircraft make for themselves.Steve wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:34 pmI wouldn't expect it to work accurately on a DA40, since it only would read the quantity in the outermost tank (and not even all of that, because of wing dihedral and the location of the fill port). Since the Diamond gauge reads at the lowest point of the tank assembly in each wing, it will be fairly accurate.chili4way wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:27 pm Has anyone tried (and had success with) the Sporty's "Universal Fuel Gauge"? https://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/unive ... 11-in.html
Steve