Cessna 206 fuel dipstick
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Cessna 206 fuel dipstick
Hi, everybody. First post.
I was wondering if I could get some help. I've looked all over the internet and can't find a fuel dipstick for a Cessna U206G. Tried contacting some stores and manufacturers but had no luck. Any ideas where to buy one?
Thanks for the help.
I was wondering if I could get some help. I've looked all over the internet and can't find a fuel dipstick for a Cessna U206G. Tried contacting some stores and manufacturers but had no luck. Any ideas where to buy one?
Thanks for the help.
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I got mine from here http://www.diy.com/nav/build/timber/finishing-timber they have dipsticks for every model of aircraft ever manufactured, I believe they have a store located deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans way back up in the woods among the evergreens.
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Drain the tank down then fill with set amounts from bowser or measured container on level ground and mark accordingly on the stick until full.
BUT REMEMBER.... Fuel tank qty is total, cockpit placard is usable, you may have 1 gallon indicating in the wing but possibly only half of that is useable, so remember that. Check the aircraft useable and remember to correct your reading when checking the wings..
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BUT REMEMBER.... Fuel tank qty is total, cockpit placard is usable, you may have 1 gallon indicating in the wing but possibly only half of that is useable, so remember that. Check the aircraft useable and remember to correct your reading when checking the wings..
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If the airplane for which you're making a dipstick is a tricycle, be sure that the nose is not unusually high or low while you're calibrating, it can make quite a difference in the dipstick reading if the oleo is depressed, or over inflated. But yes, making your own is a good way to do it. I like to wire a ring to the end of sufficient diameter that were I to drop the dipstick into the tank, the ring would prevent it falling all the way in.
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Or make it in the form of a cross so the horizontal bar prevents it falling in by sitting across the opening and makes the stick stand straight, plus prevents thedipstick portion from hitting the tank bottom
This topic has occurred at an appropriate time...
One of our fellow fliers has dropped the Perspex Dipstick into the tank of our C172.
Has anyone got a method for removing it, short of paying an Aero-Mechanic to do it..?
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One of our fellow fliers has dropped the Perspex Dipstick into the tank of our C172.
Has anyone got a method for removing it, short of paying an Aero-Mechanic to do it..?
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One of our fellow fliers has dropped the Perspex Dipstick into the tank of our C172.