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Re: Deadly Ethanol in Aircraft

r.r.hall@... — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:46:38 GMT

I am located in Portsmouth Virginia Rodney Hall

Re: Deadly Ethanol in Aircraft

Joerg M. Meyer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:01:20 GMT

Hey Rodney, where in VA are you? I am in the Warrenton area. Joerg 1% of the people make it happen, 3% of the people Watch it happen, 96% simply ask "What

Re: Deadly Ethanol in Aircraft

Joerg M. Meyer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:39:44 GMT

Thanks a lot for this insight. I didn't know ethanol is turning into water. The following is NOT to argue, but only to understand the matter: Here are some

Re: Deadly Ethanol in Aircraft

r.r.hall@... — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:30:43 GMT

Ethanol will not "turn into water". It can absorb water and later seperate from it but if you are testing for water in your fuel you would probably detect

Re: Question about fuel

Darrell — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:02:18 GMT

Joerg, Ethanol has a tendency to destroy seals. I have an Ellison EFS-2 throttle-body-injector, and the manual states to not use auto fuel, due to the

Re: Deadly Ethanol in Aircraft

Dj Merrill — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:13:50 GMT

... Hi J.Donaldson, I mean no offense, but this is simply not true. Ethanol does not magically turn into water. What happens is that the ethanol can absorb

Deadly Ethanol in Aircraft

cgvte — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:53:44 GMT

Please play attention to this email. Nobody yet has discussed the deadly use of ethanol in ANY aircraft engine. Ethanol with the right circumstances WILL

Rev Flow carbs

robert7721@... — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:23:20 GMT

Ray, Reference the RevFlow Carb. I've got one on my KR2S and it works fine. It is a gravity fed carb from my header tank. No, it is not the same carb as a

Re: Carbs and Fiberglass Tank

Mark Smith — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:04:02 GMT

Another alternative that is being used by some builders is to buy a blow molded plastic tank used in car racing. They come in several sizes with AN fittings

Re: Carbs and Fiberglass Tank

Lance McBride — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:11:42 GMT

Try brazing, instead of welding on the aluminum tank. Also, I recently finished an alumimum tank with another method. It was riveted together, then I

Carbs and Fiberglass Tank

Keith Schindler — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:26:07 GMT

Morning fellow Vee Dubbers: My input on successful carbs for my VW. I have an 1835 in my Volksplane with the two outer carbs from a Kawasaki 650

Re: Question about fuel

Joerg M. Meyer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:06:26 GMT

No I have aluminum tanks and the entire fuel system is ethanol proof. I am just talking about the engine. Joerg 1% of the people make it happen, 3% of the

Re: Question about fuel

gil devault — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:54:01 GMT

I don't know about your engine, but if you have fiberglass tanks you may have a problem Gil ... From: Joerg M. Meyer Subject: [AirVW]

Question about fuel

Joerg M. Meyer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:29:01 GMT

Hey guys and gals, I fly an Alfa HB 207 with an 2.4 l VW engine. I can fly this engine with 98 oct autogas instead of 100LL. Does this engine tolerate (98 oct

Re: Rev Flow carbs

Mark Smith — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:29:43 GMT

Hoover has recommended a Tillotson FX in the past. This is a pot metal replacement for the old carb used on the Ford model A. They are cheap and look like a