Questina
Joined: 18 Feb 2008
Posts: 8
Location: Solent - UK
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 Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:52 pm Post subject: Dipstick |
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So my boat has a Trapezoidal fuel tank. The sight gauge is quite difficult to read so I decided to make a simple dipstick.
Obviously if you dip a tank with a triangular cross section a half full tank is not halfway up the dipstick. So I was just getting my thinking cap on to do the maths but of course I can just be lazy. Everything is on the net.
Someone has already solved the problem and written a handy on-line calculator.
http://grapevine.abe.msstate.edu/~fto/tools/vol/trapezoid.html
I have to confess I am feeling a bit lazy though but thought this might help others. |
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