The electrical fuel indicator and fuel flow indicators used a capacitor to do the calculation. Here’s how it worked – the capacitor stored an electric charge. How much of this electric charge it stored depended on the level of the fuel in the aircraft.More the fuel, higher the stored charge – very simple when you think about it. In turn, the capacitance charge level is converted by the Digital Gauges into an analog or digital read-out.
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