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J.P. Instruments Fuel Scan 450 Pilots Guide User Manual

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For Your Safe Flight

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used, fuel remaining and time to empty are not retroactively
recalculated.

Fine Tuning the K Factor

The K factor shown on the fuel flow transducer does not take into
account your aircraft’s particular installation. Fuel hose diameters
and lengths, elbows, fittings and routing can cause the true K factor
to be different from that shown on the fuel flow transducer.

Section 6 - Setting the K factor

Use the following procedure to determine the new K factor.

1. Make at least three flights of about two to three hours each.

Note the actual fuel used (as determined by topping the tanks)
and the FS-450 calculation of the fuel consumed for each
flight.

Flight

Fuel USeD shown by

FS-450

Actual fuel used by

topping tanks

1

2

3

Total

2. Total  the FS-450 fuel used and  the actual fuel used.

3. Record the current K factor here ____________________ and

in the table below.

4. Calculate the New K Factor as follows:

New K Factor = (FS-450 fuel USeD) x (Current K factor)

(actual fuel used)

New K Factor = (

) x (

)

(

)