SkyView SE
Pilot’s User Guide
- Revision B
5-5
performance. They are available for placement on the Engine Pages via the Screen Layout
Editor. For more information regarding the Screen Layout Editor, reference the SkyView /
SkyView SE System Installation Guide.
The Fuel Remaining info item
(displayed as FUEL REM)
displays the current amount of fuel
computed on board, based on your input of the aircraf
t’s
starting fuel state and the amount of
fuel that has the fuel flow sensor has seen flow through it.
The Fuel Used info item
(displayed as GALS USED)
displays the amount of fuel that has been
used during your flight. Note that Fuel Used resets itself when the unit detects that oil pressure
has exceeded 15 PSI for the first time after being powered on. This allows you to view the fuel
used value from your last flight before engine start.
The Time Remaining info item
(displayed as TIME REM)
displays how much time is estimated
remaining before the aircraft is out of fuel.
The Fuel Efficiency info item
(displayed as NM/GAL)
displays how efficiently the aircraft is using
fuel with respect to the speed it is traveling over the ground (this also can be displayed as
MI/GAL, KT/GAL, KM/LTR).
The Fuel Range info item
(displayed as RANGE)
displays the distance the aircraft can travel at its
current GPS ground speed before it is out of fuel.
Fuel Menu (Adjusting the Fuel Computer)
To obtain accurate data, you must reset the fuel computer every time you add fuel
to the aircraft. SkyView can assist with this through the Fuel Auto Detect setting
described in this section.
Fuel computer adjustments are made using the FUEL feature on But
ton 2 of SkyView SE’s main
menu. When FUEL is pressed, the window in Figure 37 is displayed:
Figure 37
–
Fuel Computer and Fuel Menu
•
“
Fuel
Computer Quantity Adjustment”
is the amount of fuel that you have told the fuel
computer to presently add or subtract from the previous total fuel state.
•
“Current Fuel Computer Quantity”
is the total amount of fuel on board as far as the fuel
computer knows. This is the number that ultimately needs to be correct in order for the
fuel computer to accurately perform its calculations.
•
“
Measured Fuel (In-
Tank Sensors)”
is the amount of fuel measured by the resistive or
capacitance senders, if installed. If these are well-calibrated, then the Total Fuel and the
Measured Fuel lines should be very close to each other.
