Flow Meters

[Sadey]

Is it possible to install flow meters on these old DDs? I have 892s and would love to have them, very valuable info as Pascal has mentioned on another thread.

[eze2bme]

I have them on my 1979 DD 6-71N's - work great!

[Freeebird]

You can install them on anything, but it’s not an inexpensive proposition. You can find your sweet spots easily enough by running measured distances and refueling.

Not as cool as on demand numbers, but it is what it is.

[Westfield 11]

Now that flo-scan is gone who makes flow meters now? All the electronic engines have as standard equipment.

[jmooney]

Maretron, flow scans seemed to always be a problem.

[Bob Bradley]

You can install them on anything, but it’s not an inexpensive proposition. You can find your sweet spots easily enough by running measured distances and refueling.

Not as cool as on demand numbers, but it is what it is.

I feel that they are a requirement if you head offshore a lot. So far, my 12 yr old flowscans are still working. I hope they continue to do so.

[Freeebird]

I feel that they are a requirement if you head offshore a lot. So far, my 12 yr old flowscans are still working. I hope they continue to do so.

What does running offshore a lot have to do with GPH/MPG @ X RPM that you can calculate the old fashioned way as in before these newfangled contraptions showed up?

If anything, calculating fuel burn with full tanks and then refilling will yield worse numbers than you'll get when you're about to run out of fuel. I suppose if you develop some sort of problem that results in your using/losing fuel beyond the norm, it would alert you that you need to get back to shore quicker than you had planned. I would think that's where the standard 20% reserve would come into play, but it's a no-brainer for you since you already have them.

[Beachcomber]

Now that flo-scan is gone who makes flow meters now? All the electronic engines have as standard equipment.

They’re back. http://www.floscan.com/html/blue/index.php

[Sadey]

Talked with Lauderdale Speedometer and Compass yesterday. They said the company that took over FlowScan (they only left the marine market never the aviation market) thought they would have the old or as he put it the cheaper 8500 series available late april. Received a quote from FloScan inc. for $2450 per motor plus cost of fuel lines if needed for a NMEA2000 set up to use on my Garmin 7600s. Wonder how much the cheaper version is. Nice to have on the navs but I would prefer a separate dedicated gauge. I prefer two different scales of nav charts displayed.

[Freeebird]

How much fuel would you have to save over the fill/run/measure/repeat method to break even with that $5K investment to let a computer do it for you?