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Old February 18th 07, 03:22 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Matt Barrow[_3_]
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Default Future of GA piston fuel?

"nrp" wrote in message
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On Feb 16, 2:41 am, "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
They are looking at a universal "gasoline" for cars and
aviation. Can be done fairly easily for new engines, but
retrofitting high compression, turbo-charged or other high
demand engines will cost a lot.
The government and private organizations are working on it.


Jim - Are "they" really working on it? I wonder just how many
aircraft engines are under serious test and in what lab is it being
done. I have a funny feeling that there are none.


http://www.engineteststand.com/
http://www.gami.com/prism.html

Of course, they've been saying "STC Certification expected soon", for three
or more years now.
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Matt Barrow
Performance Homes, LLC