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Let's come back on the previous post # 7 'Fuel Contents Gauge' , the Spitfire style gauge installed on the Hawker Hurricane instrument panel.
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...6&postcount=19
If we go behind the curtain we'll find out those aero planes are equipped with two different fuel quantity indication systems.
1.
On the Supermarine Spitfire Mk I & Mk II,
The fuel gauge indication is a
single tank,
single transmitter system which went the push button (adjacent to the gauge) is pressed,
shows the fuel quantity remaining only in the lower tank (max 37 gals).
The dual scale on the gauge allows us to read the fuel quantity in that tank when the aircraft is in two different attitudes 'Tail on Ground' and 'Normal Flight'.
The upper tank (48 gals) is not gauged.
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On the Hawker Hurricane Mk I & Mk II,
The fuel gauge is a
multi tanks,
multi transmitters system.
We need to select the appropriate tank with the fuel contents gauge selector arm and press the pushbutton to be able to read the remaining fuel quantity in the selected tank.
The dual scale on the gauge gives us a direct reading of the fuel quantity in the reserve tank on the upper scale or in the selected main tank, port or starboard on the lower scale.
It should be noted that these readings are not correct when the aero plane has the tail on the ground.
A table, fixed on the exit panel on the starboard side of the cockpit, allows us to convert the actual readings of the reserve and main tanks in relation to tail on the ground position of the aircraft.
The conversion table on the exit panel. Better picture needed !
The exit panel of the BoB WIP Hurricane.
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