KR-netters:

Has anyone explored using the old or newer VW diesels as conversions or is the
weight to big a problem?  You must use the better grades of diesel or "Jet A"
because of the "Jelling" problem common for #2 Diesel in cold weather, add to
that altitude.

Don
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Serge VIDAL wrote:

> Guys, play with Ethanol if you wish. As for me, my next aircraft will be a
> Diesel, so that I can fly on Jet A-1, and tour the world if I fancy, with
> huge endurance, no no unreliable carb, magnetos or plugs, and without ever
> risking to run out of Agas because the local airfield does not have it
> anymore!
>
> That's my plan, and I will stick to it, even if it takes me another 15
> years to build the darn thing!
>
> Serge Vidal
> KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud"
> Paris, France
>
>
>
> "Harold Woods" <haroldwo...@rogers.com>
>
> Envoyé par : krnet-boun...@mylist.net
> 27/05/2006 05:16
> Veuillez répondre à KRnet
> Remis le : 27/05/2006 05:17
>
>
>         Pour :  <kr...@mylist.net>
>         cc :    (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM)
>         Objet : KR> ethanol
>
> Hi Netters.
> re Issue 186 on 25 Apr 06.
> Lets face it, there is going to be a shortage of gasoline in the future.
> We
> in the airplane group are a tiny drop in the pot. No one is going to make
> special fuel for us. Go with the flow and that is ethanol. Adapt now. No
> aluminum fuel lines. Ethanol attacks them. Redo your carb to ensure all
> rubber parts are ethanol safe. Ensure that your gas tank will hold
> ethanol,
> pure if necessary.  Expect to burn a greater volume of fuel to do the same
>
> thing. I am not going to start a war about how efficient gasoline is
> compared to pure ethanol. Get the numbers straight from a knowledgeable
> source.I do not have them. Size your gas tank to suit.  Those of you in
> the
> USA are fortunate, if you want to produce your own ethanol fuel then apply
>
> for a licence for a few dollars.  Go to the archives in "Mother Earth
> News"
> and find the article on a modern high efficiency still that you can make.
> The plans are very reasonable cost. If you can grow your own carbohydrate
> vegetable. Process it into ethanol. The "still" will give you about 80%
> ethanol and 20 % water.
> That is an excellent mixture for a gas engine. The water will give you a
> high octane rating, it reduces the burn rate thus more power ( the water
> becomes steam and that pushes uniformly on the piston). There was a man
> (no
> names given), living not too far away that grew sugar beets, which he made
>
> into ethanol. He quoted the cost as 25 cents a gallon (Imperial ), no
> labour
> or taxes involved.  He ran his station wagon on this fuel. He had a sign
> in
> the back window to the effect that this vehicle ran on alcohol. In Canada,
>
> this is VERY illegal. After a few years the RCMPolice arrived and shut him
>
> down.  They said that they had been watching him, he was not abusing the
> alcohol by selling or drinking it so nothing was done until some idiot in
> bureaucratic Ottawa decided that he should not do this. This man solved
> the
> problem by running for parliament in his area. He won. Government has a
> problem. A member of parliament is charged with making alcohol. Solve the
> problem, give him a permit to do so. (normally this would cost upwards of
> $35,000.00 for a permit.) .  The moral of this story is "adapt" Stop
> bitching, do something constructive so that you can safely burn anywhere
> from 10% to 100% ethanol, or any other fuel that shows up (natural gas,
> propane, butane etc.)  If you want to fly you must adapt. I am sending
> this
> on a Friday, If it is too late send it next week on a Friday.
> Regards
> Harold Woods
> Orillia, ON. Canada.
> haroldwo...@rogers.com
>
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