Fuel Prices For The July Pilgrimage

"M" wrote in message
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What model of the plane is this?

CP-323a Emeraude, although the fuel system was of my own design and
construction. I have added a blast tube to cool the electric fuel pump and
an air scoop on the vents to pressurize the fuel tanks.

http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/elwood89//harvey5.jpg

Rich S.

("Rich S." wrote)
CP-323a Emeraude, although the fuel system was of my own design and
construction. I have added a blast tube to cool the electric fuel pump and
an air scoop on the vents to pressurize the fuel tanks.

http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/elwood89//harvey5.jpg


Nice pic


Montblack

"Montblack" wrote in message
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Nice pic

Thanks. We were flying in formation with an RV-4, headed up to Snohomish for
a Sunday morning breakfast. His wife snapped the picture.

Rich S.

I have a Zenith CH-300 with an O-320. I had a similar problem in the
beginning. I did as you have done, plus insulated the fuel lines,
installed a small heat reflective shield over the gascolater, and ran
a blast tube down to the mechanical fuel pump. Since then (about 1990)
I have run over 9000 gallons of mogas through the machine with out
problem. Although I will always let the engine (and the fuel pump that
is bolted to the case) cool between flights. If I know that I will be
doing flights without allowing a cool down period, I will put 100LL in
one tank, and take off on it.







On Fri, 25 May 2007 09:02:46 -0700, "Rich S."
wrote:

"M" wrote in message
roups.com...

What model of the plane is this?

CP-323a Emeraude, although the fuel system was of my own design and
construction. I have added a blast tube to cool the electric fuel pump and
an air scoop on the vents to pressurize the fuel tanks.

http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/elwood89//harvey5.jpg

Rich S.



Zenith CH-300 Driver.

"Tim Hickey" wrote

If I know that I will be
doing flights without allowing a cool down period, I will put 100LL in
one tank, and take off on it.

Do you notice a need to make much (or any) mixture change when changing from
100LL to mogas, or visey-versey?
--
Jim in NC

I can tell no difference between running 100LL and Mogas.




On Fri, 25 May 2007 22:52:36 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote:


"Tim Hickey" wrote

If I know that I will be
doing flights without allowing a cool down period, I will put 100LL in
one tank, and take off on it.

Do you notice a need to make much (or any) mixture change when changing from
100LL to mogas, or visey-versey?
--
Jim in NC



Zenith CH-300 Driver.

Tim Hickey wrote:
I can tell no difference between running 100LL and Mogas.

I could tell a big difference with my 182. Back then my cost to fill up
was about 50% of the prevailing avgas price and that was a very
noticeable difference! :-)

Matt

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Tim Hickey wrote:
I can tell no difference between running 100LL and Mogas.

I could tell a big difference with my 182. Back then my cost to fill up
was about 50% of the prevailing avgas price and that was a very noticeable
difference! :-)

Besides the plane being heavier (more money in the wallet g) could you
tell if the mixture was different, if you ever ran one tank mogas and one
with 100LL?
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:
"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...
Tim Hickey wrote:
I can tell no difference between running 100LL and Mogas.
I could tell a big difference with my 182. Back then my cost to fill up
was about 50% of the prevailing avgas price and that was a very noticeable
difference! :-)

Besides the plane being heavier (more money in the wallet g) could you
tell if the mixture was different, if you ever ran one tank mogas and one
with 100LL?

Never tried that. We typically ran something close to a 50/50
mogas/100LL mix most of the time. We always filled with mogas at the
home drome, but we filled with 100LL at other airports. Since both my
partner and me flew mostly cross country flights, nearly every other
top-off was with 100LL.

The airplane flew great on this mixture up to as high as 13,000 feet.
Never had a hiccup of any sort related to fuel.


Matt

In article ,
(Tim Hickey) wrote:

I can tell no difference between running 100LL and Mogas.

I sure could in my Continental A-65 Champ.
The engine seemed sluggish with mogas. It didn't seem to have as much
power.