X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.122] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTP id 3526237 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:55:45 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=75.180.132.122; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com Received: from [192.168.0.19] (really [66.57.38.121]) by cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20090304035507.DULH12334.cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com@[192.168.0.19]> for ; Wed, 4 Mar 2009 03:55:07 +0000 Message-ID: <49ADFBC7.8030103@nc.rr.com> Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:55:51 -0500 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Questions on buying a rotary plane References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Patrick Panzera wrote: > > > > The difference between mogas and 100LL is where the real savings might > be. > > > Good observation, Pat. So why doesn't all those 540 flyer pump their tanks full of 87 octane and enjoy a little more flying? Because , they're smart enough not to turn those expensive cylinders into grenades. The true crux of the matter is BSFC may be lower by a tiny amount, but it doesn't matter if you can't use the cheap stuff. -- http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org