The GAfuels Blog is written by two private pilots concerned about the future availability of fuels for piston-engine aircraft: Dean Billing, Sisters, Ore., an expert on autogas and ethanol, and Kent Misegades, Cary, N.C., an aerospace engineer, aviation sales rep for U-Fuel, and president of EAA1114.

In Part I of this series, we reviewed the history of the STCs that allow us to use 91+ AKI octane, ethanol-free autogas in hundreds of different legacy aircraft and engines. Part II described the Anti-Detonation Injection (ADI) system from Petersen Aviation/Air Plains that will enable many aircraft not covered by these STCs to operate on affordable, abundant autogas. In the final part of this series, we’ll describe the many piston aircraft engines that are best run on autogas, not leaded avgas. These fall into three categories: two-stroke engines, auto engine conversions, and newer aviation powerplants that have been designed from the outset to operate on autogas. Read more...

===> Posted on April 20, 2011 by Kent Misegades. No comments. © GAN 2011