After burning off the four gallons in the right tank, I calibrated it in the SkyView system. \u00a0I’m using a scale that has 1 gram accuracy, and I’m measuring roughly 1 gallon at a time. \u00a0Given the accuracy of the scale, I should be able to measure the fuel capacity within one-tenth of a gallon over the 21 gallon capacity of the tank.<\/p>\n
I added two gallons at a time up through 20 gallons, hitting the add button at each point on the SkyView. \u00a0I used the opportunity to calibrate my dip-stick at the same time. \u00a0Finally, I filled the tank to the very top and measured the amount of additional fuel I added. \u00a0I ended up with 20.43 gallons of usable fuel. \u00a0The claimed fuel capacity is 21 gallons, so there’s only a little over 1\/2 gallon of unusable fuel. \u00a0That’s more than I was expecting, but the flop tube pickups may leave a little more fuel in the tank than the standard pickups. \u00a0I still need to do some in-flight checks to determine unusable fuel in all normal flight attitudes including full slips.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, I almost completely drained my battery in the process. \u00a0I was down to 10.2 volts before I shut everything down and hooked the plane back up to the trickle charger. \u00a0I’m planning on flying again in a couple of days, so I hope the battery is charged enough. \u00a0I’m thinking I might need to replace the battery anyway since I killed it at least twice during the build (so dead that the trickle charger wouldn’t bring it back).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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