----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- At 11:55 AM 10/13/01 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unless there is another kind, Prist is a Turbine Fuel Anti-Ice (and anti-bacteria) additive, not a carb anti-ice additive for avgas. It truly fascinates me that ma nature has managed to evolve a creature that lives in kerosene. Makes one think of Carl Sagan. 'Billions and billions...' It prevents water in fuel from icing and clogging the fuel filters since there is no equivalent to a carburetor in a turbine engine. Avgas should not contain any water, but then, I guess neither should Jet-A. It's just a much bigger problem for avgas. I would suppose that the larger tanks of turbine aircraft, plus the fact that they go from climate to climate more frequently would cause them to manufacture a lot more water in their tanks than our little bug-smashers. Remember, you don't have to get the water in your fuel from the pumps. The whole time you're flying, the tank is 'breathing' in the outside air. If it's water-saturated on a warm day, the net result is going to be that when things cool down it's going to 'rain' inside your fuel tank. The only way to preempt at least some of this is to re-fill the tanks ASAP upon landing, to displace as much of the humid air as possible. At least the turbine guys fly where it's high and dry (mostly) so are inhaling drier air. We fly down in the sloppy damp air (except for Dick Chevalier, who flies in zero humidity) much of the time, so we're getting a good dose of the damps. Remember... ...if your not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate :-) Greg ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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