Dripstick

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A dripstick is a thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels. To read a dripstick, it is withdrawn from the lower surface of the wing. When the top of the dripstick is withdrawn below the level of the fuel, fuel enters it and drips through a hole in the cap.{{Cite magazine |last=McClellan |first=J. Mac |date=November 1998 |title=Management |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/216159863 |journal=Flying |volume=125 |issue=11 |page=102 |id={{ProQuest|216159863}} |via=ProQuest|quote=In light airplanes you can take the cap off, stick something into the tank and measure the level.}} Graduations on it indicate the level of fuel in the tank.

Newer aircraft use a floatstick.