We run a farm, 81JM is based at a lonely airport where nobody cares what I do...and my sister has cats. She buys kitty litter in 2&1/2 gallon plastic jugs which she passes on to me. Diesel goes in the green ones, gas in the white ones. These have large necks and are just the right size. They pour better than any proper gas jug. You'all can weigh in on this being unsafe or illegal, but they sure work for me.
On Tue, Dec 2, 2025, 7:51 PM Kayak via KRnet <[email protected]> wrote: > "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 >> > -- > KRnet mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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