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Gasohol
On Jun 6, 9:05 pm, wrote:
In rec.aviation.owning Morgans wrote: snip I await everyone's opinions. I agree with the premise that I think Dan has; that it should be possible, and practical to develop a gasohol safe airplane. "Some will no doubt shout, you will crash and burn!" This could be an interesting discussion. Since Embraer has an alcohol fueled aircraft in production, it is obviously possible. http://www.defesanet.com.br/embraer/ipanema1000th.htm The question then becomes what would it take to retrofit an existing aircraft? My understanding is that multi-fuel engines were the norm in Brazil for a while. These could run on straight gasoline or high alcohol content fuel. The early ones had a manual switch, but later models used a fuel density detector which automatically adjusted on the fly. The last I read, Brazil was moving towards tighter standards for auto fuel, and the multifuel engines were being phased out. -- FF |
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