To save on fuel prices I purchased a 50 gallon drum that I load up on my
trailer and take to the gas station. I fill the drum with 93 octain. There is
a pump that siphons the gas from the drum. I pay around $2.50 per gallon more
or less and the drum lasts a couple months. I get excited abou
Kayak Chris wrote:
> As to running one vs the other, I always imagined having avgas on one
> tank (or even a third, smaller tank) for takeoff and even landing, and
> autofuel in the other once out of the critical phases.
I could to that in N56ML with three fuel tanks, but never felt the need
when
Hi Mark, Sounds like you're stuck taking on avgas when on an away trip
with the plane. Avgas around here at the one cheap airport is $4.75,
over $5 at most places. 93 car gas is about $3.10, so at those prices,
your 40 MPG plane on an XC trip gets "25MPG" (relative) of car gas
when paying avgas pri
Kayak Chris wrote:
> but on a trip, how is one supposed to get autofuel? don't a lot of
> airports require you to buy their gas? (I got caught up in that once).
I've found that mogas at airports is typically 87 octane or sonot
usually good enough for a high compression engine, especially th
hi all,
dumb question, but I was reading Mark's KR2S page and he mentioned
using 93 fuel and the plane gets better MPG on trips than his VW car.
but on a trip, how is one supposed to get autofuel? dont a lot of
airports require you to buy their gas? (I got caught up in that once).
just wondering
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