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John Slade wrote:

>Thanks for the report, Charlie.
>I'm sorry to hear about Chuck's engine too. Glad he made it down safely.
>
>I was very interested to read the fuel burn numbers for you and Tracy. Were
>you burning 100LL? If so, I wonder how the actual fuel COSTS worked out. :)
>
>I'd like to hear more about the "relatively cheap flame detector".
>
>Regards,
>John
>Cozy IV rotary turbo
>52.9 hrs.
>

Mark will report on the flame detector.

I usually burn avgas, & you're right about actual costs, assuming you 
can get auto gas & have to pay retail for avgas. Of course, auto gas 
works in a Lyc, too. It just causes slightly higher cyl head temps & you 
have to be careful of vapor lock with the carburated engines.

If you can get avgas wholesale, the cost spread isn't worth it. We just 
bought 1k gallons here & paid around $2.50/gal. If we could buy a full 
tanker, around 8k gallons, it would be much cheaper. The gas station 
down the road is selling regular for $2.35. (Sorry Ed; you topped off 
about 2 days early. When you come back through, it'll be cheaper.)

Now, if Mistral is successful with the heavy fuel version of the rotary, 
you can really save some money using off-road diesel.

Charlie