How reliable are the fuel guages in say a PA-28? during my training my instructor told me never to trust what they said as they are inaccurate, then when he started air charter work I had another instructor who said "oh yes, you should always look and rely on them", basically who is right? at the moment all my fuel planning is done manually using my planned data etc.
What if I wanted to substitute some fuel weight to enable me to carry more pax? if you didnt use the gauges how can you asscertain how much fuel is in the aircraft an how much more to put in, as after the last flight the aircraft is topped up right away by the fuel truck, basically I want to take my wife and my brother & sister in-law in a warrior to the Isle Of White sometime and Im just thinking maybe the plane could be overloaded with 4 adults and fuel to tabs
thanks in advance for you time to reply
Dean
