What about high altitude flying in the winter time? Sense ethanol will hold moisture how do you prevent freezing? Sounds like you all have done a lot of research just ask.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 6, 2016, at 2:27 AM, billjacobs386 at yahoo.com via KRnet <krnet at > list.krnet.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > Probably the same reason most auto oriented stay away. Availability. I > agree with everything you said. Fuel consumption increases slightly to > compensate for power density. Some of the fastest cars on the planet run it > and i would set up for it too. If i could RELIABLY find it.My 2C > Bill Jacobs > > > ------ Original message------From: andrew via KRnet Date: Sun, Jun 5, 2016 > 11:06 PMTo: krnet at list.krnet.org;Cc: andrew;Subject:KR> EthanolHere goes > the spoon feed ?Don?t use it?. As I?m working on blue prints for the > KRSuper1, and getting my outside research done. I am settled on one huge > taboo of the aviation community. This bad boy is going to be tuned and built > to run primarily on ethanol.?But Cessna and the big aviation companies says > it?s horrible.? Hold on and let me get some hand on acknowledge your way.Dr. > Maxwell Schauck has been flying on ethanol since the 1980?s, and flew across > the Atlantic in his Velocity back in 1989. While I was attending his program > at Baylor University I got to participate in his research for 4 years. In > that four years I came to find out a few things.1. Ethanol is a superior fuel > to 100LL.2. Oil companies will do everything to keep it out of mainstream > use3. Ethanol has a natural octane of 1134. Ethanol burns cooler, and will > run smooth at 50 degrees past peak EGT5. If you add water, you get a > horsepower boost, AND you don?t have to worry about it damaging your engine6. > Ethanol reduces engine vibrations by 50%.7. Ethanol doesn?t react with oil in > the same manor as 100ll or mogas8. Ethanol will eat aluminum and natural > rubber. Easily combated by anodizing and using Teflon9. If an engine is tuned > to ethanol vs. 100LL, you get a significant horsepower boost with minimal GPH > increase.This is all based on my personal experience working on our > departments Pitts S2B, Cessna 152, Cessna 172, Velocity, Piper Aztec, and Max > Performance Research aircraft prototype. We averaged a horsepower increase of > roughly 30-35% increase with ethanol vs. avgas, with no changes to the > mechanical tuning on the engine. To the point we had to order custom props > for all our aircraft, due to engine overspeed with the standard propellers. > (The Pitts S2B ran 300HP on 100LL and 350HP on ethanol).We also did water in > fuel testing for the FAA while getting our Cessna?s STCs updated (yes, Dr. > Schauck owns the STCs for 152s and 172s to be flown on 100% ethanol in > utility category). We were able to add 10% water to the fuel tanks before > reaching peak EGTs. Had we tuned the engine this percentage would have gone > up.So why am I sharing; I plan on building the first KR that is designed to > fly on ethanol. And foreseeing the usual arguments I figured I would head off > most prior to having to repeat. So a Corvair with 100HP should obtain 130HP > simply by tuning to run on the 113 Octane ethanol. But we shall see when we > get to that part of my build.What are your thoughts on the matter?Sent from > Mail for Windows 10_______________________________________________Search the > KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search.To UNsubscribe > from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.orgplease see other > KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.htmlsee > http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
