A short YouTube video by Kenny Keller (Day 103) advising pilots to use a simple timer each flight to monitor fuel burn because fuel gauges are unreliable. Kenny demonstrates looking for a simple start/stop timer, recommends recording gallons-per-hour and starting the timer every flight, and closes with a brief sign-off.
Okay, other says we're on. Welcome to day 103. Add on. Guys over there on the couch ready to fly. How many of you use timers when you're flying? I know a lot of you aren't. You should be every single flight starting a timer, whether you're using your watch or no matter what you're doing. And Dr. Nix got one in the instrument, but it's like too complicated. So I'm simple Simon. I need something simple. Just open this dude up. We tried a couple last week, small motorcycle timers. It was so small you're supposed to use like a toothpick to start and stop. And I thought, that ain't gonna work. So here we go. We're gonna try this one today, see how it works. I looked for the simplest start, stop thing I could find on Amazon. You got to time your fuel. That fuel gauge that you're using is nothing other than an idiot gauge. You can never trust it. In helicopters, they're almost never correct. They're always a little high. They read a little bit of low. You're using your fuel gauge kind of as a backup. You should be dipping your fuel if you can. Some helicopters you can't. Luckily, the instrum has a beautiful fuel stick. You got to start the timer. You got to know how many gallons you burn per hour. And you got a time every flight. So those of you that are not using your timers, you need to start using the timer. Never, ever, ever trust fuel gauge. So we needed another quick coffee with Kenny today because my guys here ready to fly. We're gonna go do it. Like subscribe. Leave your comments down below. Let me know if you're using a timer or if you're guilty of not like subscribe. Comment down below. See you in day 114.
