Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #55031
From: Al Gietzen <ALVentures@cox.net>
Subject: Swift Fuel
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 16:05:41 -0800
To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

Bill; wrote:

It could cause Swift fuel and that stuff GAMI is making to be approved.  Swift fuel costs about $2/gal and will not go up and down in price like Avgas.

Swift fuel could be a viable replacement for 100LL, but not any time soon.  Current laboratory scale production costs are about $50/gallon.  Swifts claim that at large commercial production scale the production cost (not retail cost) could be $2.00/ga.  More unbiased reports suggest that if introduced, initial retail price would be about $10.00/ga.  If, and when, it is available for something near current 100LL prices, it could be accepted.

 

But with rotary engines we don’t care about that. We just want mogas without ethanol – or at least less than 10% ethanol.

 

Al

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