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I’m looking for a Cessna 150 Fuel dipstick. I understand years ago someone used to make them for the club but stop making them approximately six years ago. If you don’t have one to sell, could I make arrangements for someone to mark the usable fuel increments on a wooden dowel. Thank you for your for whatever help you can provide.John Hattayer.

Hi John,
Where in CT are you located?

I did a search of the FAA Pilot Database and there's a match in Plainfield, CT.

Ron, I keep my aircraft (N704VL) at Wyndham Airport (KIJD). Hung is correct, I live in Plainfield, Connecticut.

Just a little west of me at KSFZ North Central in RI.

In case you missed my other reply to your other post check out This Threadfron 2020.
I have a fuel stick for a 152 that would work but you would need to fudge the numbers slightly buy 1 gal per side.
You are welcome to it for the price of a cop of coffee at Dunks.

I think that should be close enough. If a plane burns 6 gal/hr, then .5 gal (.25 gal per side) will run the engine for about 5 minutes. If someone plans their fuel down to 5 minutes, he/she is a much better pilot than I am.

Hung, my math was wrong. A 150 has 22.5 usable and a 152 has 24.5. It’s 1 gallon per side so 2 gallons total. So at 6 gallons per hour fuel burned would mean 20 minutes

But in the Club Newsletter with the article about fuel sticks (attached in the other thread from John), at the end of Page 7 it said "What about using a 152 FuelHawk tube on a Cessna 150? Ironically, the 152 FuelHawk is more precise on a 150 than it is on a 152", along with a table of data to back up that statement. So, one could use the 152 Fuel Hawk stick on a 150 with fairly accurate results.

I’ve been using the aluminum club fuel stick on my 150 with standard tanks, and just subtracting one gal off whatever number I measure, and it equates quite well to usable, since full-to-the-neck is 11.25 usable in a (typical) 150. I guess I could use the normal numbers and then subtract at the end, but my caveman brain likes to do the hard part first.