skippydiesel Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Hi all, Anyone had experience with Sintex fuel flow computers ? https://www.scintex.com.au/products/engine-fuel-flow-meter-pulse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cscotthendry Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Are you thinking of buying one or have you already bought it? I installed a Flight Data FC-10 in my Legend. Once it was calibrated, I get reasonably accurate fuel consumption figures. It was about the cheapest fuel computer I could find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippydiesel Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 Haven't purchased one yet - am impressed by the sender design and the range of capability of the computer head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Hi, if you have a ' return line ' from your carbie, you will need two senders, spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippydiesel Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 23 minutes ago, spacesailor said: Hi, if you have a ' return line ' from your carbie, you will need two senders, spacesailor Possibly - the computer head has the facility to accept a second sender (check out the address I posted) In my, admittedly limited experience, calibrating a single sender system for the whole of flight consumption pretty well accommodates the return fuel line You need to know the capacity of your tank(s). Fill the tank to a known point. Set computer to number of litres in full tank. Go fly (best a long flight). On return, re fill tank to same level, taking care to measure amount added. This gives the fuel consumed for the whole flight - compare this figure with the computers read out and adjust up/down accordingly. Repeat. You end up with a very accurate fuel used/remaining and an acceptable fuel flow rate in flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Communications Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 My MGL's have all had the capability. The Redcube is very popular for all of the EFIS out there. I just monitor the one flow and dont take into account the 3 litres per hour going back to the tank. This way you know that you will have a bit more in the tank if you use that function of time and fuel.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippydiesel Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 What of the price - the unit shown, with a single sensor is $900 with two sensors &1260 Is this a good price or not ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippydiesel Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 On 11/03/2021 at 7:50 AM, cscotthendry said: Are you thinking of buying one or have you already bought it? I installed a Flight Data FC-10 in my Legend. Once it was calibrated, I get reasonably accurate fuel consumption figures. It was about the cheapest fuel computer I could find. The Flight Data FC-10 seems to be a very good price from Aircraft Spruce - what did you pay ? ( $600?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cscotthendry Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, skippydiesel said: The Flight Data FC-10 seems to be a very good price from Aircraft Spruce - what did you pay ? ( $600?) I don't remember exactly how much it was and I paid in US$. I bought it while I was at Oshkosh in 2017. I think it was around $300 US, but I could be way wrong on that (Mind like a steel sieve!). BTW that price included the sender (a red cube). Edited March 13, 2021 by cscotthendry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippydiesel Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 The $600 was my AU estimator on the US price plus delivery plus GST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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