Fuel computer quantity adjustment.

Elmer

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I know I have to drain the tanks and re calibrate. I bought 15 gal tanks and they turned out to be 14 gal tanks. When I calibrated I used 15 gal. Is that why I get the flag, Current fuel computer quantity -0.0. Measure fuel (in-tank sensor) 12.9 and levels mismatch.
Can someone tell me what this all means, before I start to do another calibration?
Also when I start the new calibration do I just it recall to get rid of the last calibration?
Thanks for any help.
 

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Good news: you don't have to recalibrate. SkyView only uses that initial number that you input to determine how many gallons to ask for per pour. In your case, it sounds like about 13 gallons is all that the sensor can measure before it tops out (this is common and expected. you should see either 12+ or 13+ on the gauge when you're full).

The fuel computer quantity needs to be set INDEPENDENTLY when you fill up. SkyView reminds you to set it when it sees a mis-match between the fuel computer values that you've inputted (minus what you've actually burned) and what the in-tank sensors are measuring upon startup. This is what happens when you fill the tanks.

When you see that message, you can press the "FULL" or "PRESET" (useful if you have aux tanks that you don't fill of tabs in your tanks for a partial fill), but you have to have set those FULL and PRESET values during setup/installation (full details in the installation guide at http://docs.dynonavionics.com, page 7-62 onward). If you don't have those values set, you can still spin in the quantity of fuel on board to make the fuel computer quantity correct. Note that if you have in-tank sensors that hit their peg early, you'd expect the in-tank and fuel comptuter quantity values to be slightly different when you're full. So in your case, when both tanks are full and you're finished adjusting the fuel comptuers: you'd expect to see something along the lines of

FUEL COMPUTER QUANTITY ADJUSTMENT: <will vary depending on how much you've filled>
CURRENT FUEL COMPUTER QUANTITY: 28 GALLONS (this is 14 * 2)
MEASURED FUEL (IN-TANK SENSORS): 25.8 GALLONS (this is 12.9 * 2, assuming both tanks calibrated exactly the same, which they probably didn't)
 

Elmer

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Thanks Dynon, One other thing I need to mention. After I calibrated the one tank I drained the fuel from that tank and used the fuel to calibrate the other tank. Should I leave that tank full and add new fuel to calibrate the second tank?
 

dynonsupport

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There's no issue in moving fuel from one tank to another once you calibrate the first tank.
 

Dynon

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I'm not sure I understand what you're asking here. Which specific settings are you asking about?
 
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William_Ince

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I'm not sure I understand what you're asking here. Which specific settings are you asking about?
My aircraft (CTSW) is equipped with a single, red-cube, fuel flow sensor, dual SV-700's and the EMS module.

After Skyview boots and the fuel entry page is selected, the values for the fuel are way out of whack.  I am not able to select a fuel value that equals what is actually onboard.  I need help.

How do I set up my fuel counter in Skyview, if the usable fuel quantity is 33 gallons and there is no electronic fuel sensor for either wing tank?

The goal is to have a calculated fuel quantity, rate of consumption in gph, fuel used since last start, endurance time to exhaustion and fuel range displayed.

I am new here, so any and all help is very much appreciated.

Thank you in advance.
 

mmarien

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Under SYSTEM SETUP > SYSTEM SETUP > AIRCRAFT INFORMATION (p7-63 of installation manual) there is a place to set the TOTAL FUEL CAPACITY. This may be preventing you from entering a fuel value.
 
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William_Ince

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Thank you.

I will investigate that when I get to the hanger on Saturday. Before then, I will read up on that reference in the installation manual.

Thank you again for helping me out.
 
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