[Aus-soaring] Unleaded with Ethanol and glass fuel tanks

2007-03-31 Thread Ian McPhee
http://www.boatus.com/Seaworthy/fueltest.asp I think it is probably time to reconsider the use of unleaded with ethanol in motorgliders with glass tanks. I do know John Viney and Chris Kiehn (RAAus) went to an industry day and both of them came away thinking Avgas for aviation and unleaded for c

[Aus-soaring] Unleaded with Ethanol and glass fuel tanks

2007-03-31 Thread Mal Bruce
Ian I am no SME but here is my E10 cents worth. I did a government grant proposal on Ethanol what a pity I lost that info when I lost a hard drive a few months ago. Ethanol absorbs water ! you number one problem you are by the ocean the Ethanol will absorb moisture if there is high humidity.

RE: [Aus-soaring] Unleaded with Ethanol and glass fuel tanks

2007-03-31 Thread Graeme Cant
From: "Ian McPhee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.boatus.com/Seaworthy/fueltest.asp I think it is probably time to reconsider the use of unleaded with ethanol in motorgliders with glass tanks. I do know John Viney and Chris Kiehn (RAAus) went to an industry day and both of them came away thin

RE: [Aus-soaring] Unleaded with Ethanol and glass fuel tanks

2007-03-31 Thread Ashford
@lists.internode.on.net Subject: [Aus-soaring] Unleaded with Ethanol and glass fuel tanks http://www.boatus.com/Seaworthy/fueltest.asp I think it is probably time to reconsider the use of unleaded with ethanol in motorgliders with glass tanks. I do know John Viney and Chris Kiehn (RAAus) went to an industry day

Re: [Aus-soaring] Unleaded with Ethanol and glass fuel tanks

2007-03-31 Thread John Callahan
Message - From: Ashford To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 9:08 AM Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] Unleaded with Ethanol and glass fuel tanks I can tell you that the content of petrol for cars could have anything in

Re: [Aus-soaring] Unleaded with Ethanol and glass fuel tanks

2007-04-01 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 11:15 AM 1/04/2007, you wrote: Ian I am no SME but here is my E10 cents worth. I did a government grant proposal on Ethanol what a pity I lost that info when I lost a hard drive a few months ago. Did you figure out how much diesel you have to burn to make a liter of ethanol? In fact for e

RE: [Aus-soaring] Unleaded with Ethanol and glass fuel tanks

2007-04-01 Thread Michael Shirley
with Ethanol and glass fuel tanks At 11:15 AM 1/04/2007, you wrote: >Ian I am no SME but here is my E10 cents worth. > >I did a government grant proposal on Ethanol what a pity I lost that >info when I lost a hard drive a few months ago. Did you figure out how much diesel you have to

RE: [Aus-soaring] Unleaded with Ethanol and glass fuel tanks

2007-04-01 Thread Allan Armistead
there you have been and there you always will be." Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Borgelt Sent: Monday, 2 April 2007 9:08 To: Mal Bruce; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re:

RE: [Aus-soaring] Unleaded with Ethanol and glass fuel tanks

2007-04-01 Thread Stuart & Kerri FERGUSON
provide an update. SDF -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allan Armistead Sent: Monday, 2 April 2007 10:39 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] Unleaded with Ethanol and glass fuel tanks

RE: [Aus-soaring] Unleaded with Ethanol and glass fuel tanks

2007-04-01 Thread Chris Kiehn
The presentation by Embraer on their Inpanema which uses 100% Ethanol was very interesting indeed. The upshot of it was that they had manufactured special fuel tanks, had changed all of their fuel system hardware to stainless steel, replace all hoses with Teflon coated hoses and replace O'rings wit

Re: [Aus-soaring] Unleaded with Ethanol and glass fuel tanks

2007-04-02 Thread Ben Jones
I do not claim to be any kind of expert, But this snippet was extracted from a boating website with the same discussion about ethanol in fiber glass tanks in boats in the US Quote "What I suspect is happening especial in fiberglass boats is that they are using the cheaper polyester resin rath