"back in the day", I had a Grumman AA1 which was STC'd for autofuel. I would bring up to four 5-gal cans in my Samurai and dump it in, but it is a low wing plane. some of our state airports have exclusive fuel concessions so no self-refuelling. but the smaller ones were okay at least back then they were. you COULD get a bigger commercial job site type tank and a faster (12v?) pump with a hose to gain some efficiency. maybe even installed in a small utility trailer if u want.
-chris On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM Oscar Zuniga via KRnet <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- > KRnet mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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