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Old April 24th 07, 04:30 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Orval Fairbairn
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Default GA pilots burning biodiesel (was Cost of gas is beginning to hurt)

In article HDcXh.4499$0d2.3629@trndny02,
Justin Gombos wrote:

On 2007-04-23, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article ,
"Blueskies" wrote:

Ain't gonna happen, since most GA aircraft have gasoline engines,
which will puke their guts out on biodiesel (or any other Diesel,
for that matter.


You misunderstood me. I wasn't suggesting that a pilot put biodiesel
in a non-diesel engine.

But since you bring it up, a gasoline engine can actually burn
(bio)diesel safely, as long as it's mixed with at least 90% gasoline.
It would essentially be the equivelent of very high octane gasoline.
Are you familiar with those "octane boosters" sold in 8 dollar retail
bottles with all the fancy graphics? Lookup the MSDS on it - it's
only kerosene (iow, fuel oil)


Kerosene is very LOW octane!