Here we go again (Gas Game)

[plthijinx]

Originally posted by BrianR
but, do you have a bunch of gas cans in the back to fill up the airplane? Bet you save a PILE o money if your engine is 87 octane rated.

unfortunately (or maybe not) i don't own. i rent, but that haaaassss it's advantages!!!

[Happy Monkey]

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[Griff]

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[BrianR]

Originally posted by plthijinx


unfortunately (or maybe not) i don't own. i rent, but that haaaassss it's advantages!!!

Dude, if the wing has a little sticker on it next to the fuel filler opening that says it's rated for 87 octane auto gas, you can fill er up at the local stop n rob (good luck landing though!). Renting or owning doesn't make a bit of difference, unless your rental contract has a weird clause in it about only filling the tanks at the home 'drome.

Normally, the plane doesn't care where the fuel comes from as long as it likes it and it's not contaminated. I used to work the late shift at an Exxon and a guy would come in every Saturday at 0500 with six Jerry cans in his truck. One time I asked why he filled so many cans every week, and he told me he used it in his plane.

Must be nice, when I was flying, my planes were not rated for autogas.

Brian

[mrnoodle]

Yeah, but 3500 feet up is a shitty place to find out your plane doesn't like Chevron Supreme.

[plthijinx]

2 of the planes i fly do have an STC (suplimental type certificate) for mogas and yeah, it's a lot cheaper that 100LL. the owner has a gas tank in the back of his truck that he puts supreme in for the planes. and then come tax time he can get a deduction b/c the gas is for planes and not cars....