X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from poplet2.per.eftel.com ([203.24.100.45] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3c1) with ESMTP id 3951740 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:07:37 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=203.24.100.45; envelope-from=lendich@aanet.com.au Received: from sv1-1.aanet.com.au (sv1-1.per.aanet.com.au [203.24.100.68]) by poplet2.per.eftel.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B34C51738A3 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:07:02 +0800 (WST) Received: from ownerf1fc517b8 (203.171.92.134.static.rev.aanet.com.au [203.171.92.134]) by sv1-1.aanet.com.au (Postfix) with SMTP id 3D387BEC001 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:07:02 +0800 (WST) Message-ID: <0E38290F7FAA40D5A734C509CE93DDE4@ownerf1fc517b8> From: "George Lendich" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: FW: Fuel Filter \ Ethanol Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:07:04 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 091106-2, 11/06/2009), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Steve, We're hearing you, I've been watching Butanol for some time now. George (down under) > Ernest, George, > > Good posts. As for an alternative, I think I may have mentioned the > possibilities of butanol as a replacement. It has nearly the same > octane, and nearly the same amount of energy per gallon. One fellow I've > met is making butanol out of bio-waste and wanted me to test it in my > rotary. Not on my first flight! But, it is supposed to be a potential > alternative. > > Best Regards, > > Steve Thomas > _______________________________________________________ > > > > > > On Nov 6, 2009, at 12:50 PM, George Lendich wrote: > >> Ernest, >> All too true, however I can't help feel we are on a transitional path >> to somewhere, as yet, still unknown, in terms of future fuel use. I >> won't go into the vagaries, but lets hope it pans out, maybe there will >> be a range of credible cost effective alternatives. I just wish I knew >> what the end game will be. >> George ( down under) > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html >