Kayberg(at)AOL.COM
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 Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:11 am Post subject: Flight to Lake Havasu---fueling |
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In a message dated 2/24/2009 10:38:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, N1BZRich(at)aol.com writes:
| Quote: | No, Doug, I have never used anything but aviation fuel in any of my airplanes. To me the extra trouble you have to go through to get it to the airport and the worry that it might have ethanol in it is just not worth the potential money saved. And it is getting almost impossible to find auto fuel without ethanol. So I just call the truck or pull up to the self serve pump at the airport if they have one.
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Buz,
I think your strategy for fueling is a good one. But not all of us have hangars at three airports and a fuel truck to tap!!
I think one of the appeals of either the Lightning or SkyRanger is the ability to take a couple of 5 gal gas cans in your trunk and fill em up on your way to the airport. You get nice fresh gas ( some avgas is getting long in the tooth due to lack of sales) and cheap too. If you are careful, you can avoid getting dirt or crud in the cans.
When you get to the Airport, just dump the cans in.... one in each wing! Unless you will not have a passenger, then dump most in the right tank! That gives you enough for a calm flight somewhere for a meal and back. Or enough to make a couple goof-off flights if you are there all day. If you happened to go further to a real airport, you can always top off with some 100LL to make a nice blend.
Wipe her down, put her away and throw the gas cans back in your trunk. it probably cost about $20 in fuel. Gives you the feeling of frugality in a belt-tightening economy.
The versatility and economy of a Lightning means you can fly off a hard surface with a fuel truck, or carry gas cans to a grass strip.
Frequent changing of the fuel filters and frequent draining of the low points, particularly at the gascolater, should handle fuel contamination concerns.
It's all good.
Doug Koenigsberg
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