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Using ship fuel as aviation fuel?
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April 16th 04, 04:51 PM
John R Weiss
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote...
The high compression ratios for diesel piston engines cause detonation using
wide cut jet fuel.
AFAIK, neither JP-5 nor JP-8 nor Jet A -- the 3 jet fuels currently in common
use -- are "wide cut."
John R Weiss