At the risk of starting a flame war…
My fuel dipstick is a wooden dowel, which I store in the turtledeck of my Starduster Too. It crossed my mind this weekend that I have to walk from the rear cockpit and around the wingtip to get to the main tank to dip the fuel. Then I have to make the same trip to return the dipstick. I always do this immediately instead of putting it down and potentially forgetting it, even if I’m not heading that way atm.
So I started thinking about where I could stow it in front of the wing…
I’m considering keeping it inside the cowl, accessible through the oil door. I figure Checking the fuel and oil go hand-in-hand, and even if I’m just checking fuel and not oil, it’s stop right there.
Securing would be no problem…probably put a tube/rings transverse across the top of the motor mount just inside the oil door… but I’m a little uneasy about putting a gas-soaked piece of kindling so close to my expensive Lycoming!
Thinking it through, I really can’t imagine a scenario where this would actually initiate a fire…but it just seems SO WRONG.
Opinions?
Where do you all keep your dipstick?
My fuel dipstick is a wooden dowel, which I store in the turtledeck of my Starduster Too. It crossed my mind this weekend that I have to walk from the rear cockpit and around the wingtip to get to the main tank to dip the fuel. Then I have to make the same trip to return the dipstick. I always do this immediately instead of putting it down and potentially forgetting it, even if I’m not heading that way atm.
So I started thinking about where I could stow it in front of the wing…
I’m considering keeping it inside the cowl, accessible through the oil door. I figure Checking the fuel and oil go hand-in-hand, and even if I’m just checking fuel and not oil, it’s stop right there.
Securing would be no problem…probably put a tube/rings transverse across the top of the motor mount just inside the oil door… but I’m a little uneasy about putting a gas-soaked piece of kindling so close to my expensive Lycoming!
Thinking it through, I really can’t imagine a scenario where this would actually initiate a fire…but it just seems SO WRONG.
Opinions?
Where do you all keep your dipstick?
