Very good thread subject - interesting to see how others' habits vary from mine.
Agreed. Mine's kind of the same as FFF...
In my case for (2), I always dip (in the Robins) or look at the fuel level relative to the tabs (PA-28). If it's less than tabs then i'll fill to that level (so I have 17 gals per side ... or is it 19..?
). The only issue with the Robins would be dual aerobatics in the 2160 which is quite W&B critical - for a 'normal' flight i'd always fill up to at least half tanks. With tabs/half tanks I'll always have much more than I need - unless it's an unusually (for me) long flight in which I'll have plogged the fuel requirements.
One thing my instructor taught me was to always, always visually check the fuel and oil before flying - and if you're a pax then you still check it unless you've seen the P1 do it. Might get the occasional odd look, but better that than a silent engine...
