skidoo
Line Up and Wait
I was out training yesterday (182T) and my instructor asks me to raise the attitude from a med cruise power for a stall. So, I get the nose up pretty high. I was about 60+ KIAS when he pointed to the fuel gauge. Both tanks started with about half, but the right one began to show near empty. The left one remained the same. Not sure if it would put air in the lines, so I stopped the power on stall maneuver. I lowered the nose, and the fuel gauge returned to normal.
Later in the day, I checked the parts manual and it showed the fuel strainer near the lower rear of the tank and the fuel sender more towards the middle height and slightly front of center. So, it would make sense that with less than half fuel and nose high, the sender could see no fuel, but it would all be back by the strainer outlet. So, even though the gauge indicated empty at that attitude, there was actually less risk of fuel starvation. Both sides appear designed the same.
But I haven't been able to determine why one side showed a great reduction in fuel but the other side did not. Although the nose was high, the wings were level... Any ideas/thoughts?
Later in the day, I checked the parts manual and it showed the fuel strainer near the lower rear of the tank and the fuel sender more towards the middle height and slightly front of center. So, it would make sense that with less than half fuel and nose high, the sender could see no fuel, but it would all be back by the strainer outlet. So, even though the gauge indicated empty at that attitude, there was actually less risk of fuel starvation. Both sides appear designed the same.
But I haven't been able to determine why one side showed a great reduction in fuel but the other side did not. Although the nose was high, the wings were level... Any ideas/thoughts?