sj
Staff member
Northwest Arkansas
Well folks, flying back from Grand Rapids today in the 55 C-180 I started with full tanks 3.8 hours later with one tank empty, I landed on the left tank to get some more gas. Still running good on touchdown (tail high), tail high taxi to the turn off, came around the corner put the tail down and the engine died.
This is the second time this has happened. This time I had 13 gallons of gas (1.0 unuable in the right, the rest in the left) in the plane.
I do have 8:50 tires, but I am wondering what is going on here. I have 60 gallons total, and the book says in level flight I can use up to 58 of it, and up to 55 of it in "non level" flight.
I have an EI fuel gadget which is very accurate, and confirmed the quantity when I filled it up. I also have run both tanks dry in the past to confirm the hold the whole 30 gallons (1 unusable).
Any insight on this one?
Thanks!
sj
This is the second time this has happened. This time I had 13 gallons of gas (1.0 unuable in the right, the rest in the left) in the plane.
I do have 8:50 tires, but I am wondering what is going on here. I have 60 gallons total, and the book says in level flight I can use up to 58 of it, and up to 55 of it in "non level" flight.
I have an EI fuel gadget which is very accurate, and confirmed the quantity when I filled it up. I also have run both tanks dry in the past to confirm the hold the whole 30 gallons (1 unusable).
Any insight on this one?
Thanks!
sj