Earnest, I have a friend that flew behind an 0-540 for years and he is one
of the most conservative guys I know and he was always turning his cylinders
into grenades on avgas.  Some of us will just putter around with the rotary
because we are not part of the herd.  JohnD w/a 13B on a Wittman Tailwind
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernest Christley" <echristley@nc.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:55 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Questions on buying a rotary plane


> Patrick Panzera wrote:
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> > The difference between mogas and 100LL is where the real savings might
> > be.
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> Good observation, Pat.
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> 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.
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