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Dripstick

Device to measure fuel levels in large aircraft

Device to measure fuel levels in large aircraft

A dripstick is a thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels. To read a dripstick, it is withdrawn from the lower surface of the wing. When the top of the dripstick is withdrawn below the level of the fuel, fuel enters it and drips through a hole in the cap. Graduations on it indicate the level of fuel in the tank.

Newer aircraft use a floatstick.

References

References

  1. McClellan, J. Mac. (November 1998). "Management". [[Flying (magazine).
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