Hi /diy/ I'm getting into PPG and I've found there is no such thing as a handheld fuel gauge. I was wondering if I could scavange my old scuba diving pressure gauge and do something with it. Any thoughts? Looks like pic related.
>>928448
You will have issues getting a reliable reading, as the tanks tend to be small (in volume) and prone to fluid level changes due to flight attitude.
Most light aircraft, the fuel gauge is a suggestion at best, and fuel remaining is based on knowing the volume of fuel consumed at the desired power setting.
TL-DR?
Use a watch.
>>928470
Basically to do this : I have 5 liters and engine consumes 3.2 liters at 7000rpm/h. i have a little more than one hour. Is that it?
>>928475
Basically, except you have ~1 hour of total op, so your radius is 25 minutes with a 5 minute cushion.
Think flight time, and not fuel time.
Even though you're in a paraglider, you don't want to go wetfoot or hug a tree, because you thought you had a few more ml of fuel.
>>928478
If I run out of fuel I can glide though, that's what's cool about a paramotor
>>928480
Yeah but not for very long (unless of course you happen to run out in the middle of a thermal)
>>928448
And there is the issue of scuba pressure gauges being 200 or 300 bar....
>>928478
In maritime we don't even risk that close of a buffer. Smaller tanks we check operational range by including a buffer of 1/3 of run time.
>>928490
You try to avoid thermals in PPG
