Regarding your article about fuel totalizers, we should not assume they are always precise without periodically verifying their accuracy. On every other fill-up, I write down what my Shadin indicates as the number of gallons used and compare it to the number of gallons required to fill up the tanks. I have found my totalizer indicates about two percent more fuel in the tanks than actually exist, and therefore will have to have the Shadin adjusted accordingly. 288
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Regarding your article about fuel totalizers, we should not assume they are always precise without periodically verifying their accuracy. On every other fill-up, I write down what my Shadin indicates as the number of gallons used and compare it to the number of gallons required to fill up the tanks. I have found my totalizer indicates about two percent more fuel in the tanks than actually exist, and therefore will have to have the Shadin adjusted accordingly.
Key Takeaways:
- Pilots should periodically verify fuel totalizer accuracy and consider how noise-cancelling headsets might obscure critical engine sounds, especially during takeoff.
- The g-loading in a turn is a factor of acceleration; a controlled descent can maintain a 1g load, preventing an increase in stall speed, but resisting descent or descending too steeply are hazards.
- Aircraft-specific techniques, such as slipping for energy management (e.g., in a Mooney), are valid when adhering to POH limitations, but pilots must be prepared to execute a go-around if approach conditions become unmanageable.
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