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Old 14th May 2011, 11:15
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Genghis the Engineer
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The best fuel gauge in the world is usually a sight gauge - incredibly easy to design into any high wing aeroplane.

Hard on a low wing twin like this of-course, but would be dead easy on most Cessnas, for example. Most microlights do this because it's cheaper and more reliable and more accurate than anything electronic - presumably light aeroplane designers think that their customers want to pretend they're driving a car?

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