Howdy, Netters; Seems like it's been slow here on the list for awhile so I thought I'd throw out a question. The plane I sold before I acquired the KR was a Pietenpol Air Camper with a Cont A75 that I operated exclusively on 100LL, but the fueling info sticker on the KR with 2180 Great Plains engine says auto gas. I forget the minimum octane rating, but that's not my question. Since I've never had to mess with autogas for an airplane, I'm wondering about a portable fuel caddy. They are typically of blow-molded poly plastic and the one I looked at on Amazon is a 16 gallon and uses a hand crank to deliver up to about 2 GPM while cranking it at about one revolution per second. Fly two hours, burn 8 gallons, refuel by cranking for about 4 minutes. I see logistics as a bit of a concern since 16 gallons of gas plus the weight of the tank and manual pump adds up to more than 100 lbs and it would be a trick to get that in and out of the back of my little RAV4 with it full. Of course I could crank part of it into the airplane before hoisting it out of the transport vehicle but sooner or later it's got to go to the filling station and get out of the vehicle when full.
Any autogas users care to chime in? I wouldn't be surprised to hear that a fortunate few out there have an unleaded autogas pump right on their airfield ;o) I've got a self-fueling avgas pump about 75 yards from my hangar, but I'm trying to figure out the autogas refueling deal. Thanks. Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR KR 1-1/2 N335KC in restoration
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