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Old 12th Sep 2015, 12:33
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Not many real aircraft have dipsticks......


Well actually Airbus have several MMI's - Manual Magnetic Indicators in each tank. They are like dipsticks but are designed to be deployed and read from underneath the wing. They are measuring rods which are released from underneath the wing and are lowered until they engage with a floating magnet in the fuel tank. The level of the contents of the tank are then read off the graduations on each stick.
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