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Old 06-21-2018, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ndutton View Post
Joe, I just read an anecdote about an experimental aircraft that used ethanol blend and experienced engine failure purportedly due to water absorption in the fuel. Suddenly the report disappeared as I was about to ask a barrage of questions about it.
Didn't want to creep the thread - but here goes.
I told them it was a bad idea. The aircraft fuel system has a water separator and just like ours, it only works if the water will separate They went back to avgas after that or ethanol free fuel, which is the only auto fuel approved for (some) aircraft.
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