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I like gasoline but weirdly avgas is gross for me.
by minitoar 6y ago
I like gasoline but weirdly avgas is gross for me.
- kleton 6y agoIt's amazing that they still allow lead in that.
- minitoar 6y agoIt’s actually required to have lead. It’s hilariously called “low lead”.
- StillBored 6y agoThe LL avgas situation is odd because while we have quite a number of additives to reduce knocking (ugh MTBE) valve erosion has been one of the listed reasons for not using it. Yet, most aircraft engines have strict servicing guidelines and mandating replacement valves/seats with a more resistant design could have been done 40 years ago as part of engine overhaul/rebuild guidelines. Then the usage would have slowly declined. Yes its expensive, but so is GA aircraft maintenance. *MTBE was another of those chemicals where the replacement was quite likely just as bad if not worse than the original. Similar to the refrigerant bans where we went from a chemical that broke down in the atmosphere fairly quickly (and caused ozone holes doing it) to one that lingers basically for eternity and causes global warming.
- gruez 6y agoAFAIK that's only for general aviation (aka. people flying their cessnas), rather than jetliners.
- sgt 6y agoBurned two stroke oil!
- minitoar 6y agoAh is that what it is about avgas I don’t like? More burned oil?
- datameta 6y agoI'm a glow fuel degustateur myself! 85/15 methanol to nitromethane is the sweet spot for the RC planes I fly
- zwieback 6y agoMemories of my Vespa in the 80s!
- sgt 6y agoMakes you think two strokes are long obsolete, but I actually ride a two-stroke in the year 2021. An enduro bike - KTM 300 XCW 2017 model. Occasionally with proper blue smoke coming out when giving it proper gas!