With the recent announcements from both Lycoming and Continental of new engines capable of running on 94UL and autogas, we wondered why, in both cases, a minimum octane was specified that was significantly higher than that required from autogas STCs for very similar engines that have been used safely by thousands of pilots since the 1980s. We asked Todd Petersen, whose company Petersen Aviation owns most of these STC's, for an explanation: Continue Reading »
===> Posted on October 3rd, 2011 by Kent Misegades. No comments. © GAN 2011.
