X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:13:59 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [69.146.254.20] (HELO arilabs.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.13) with ESMTP id 3554756 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:02:56 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=69.146.254.20; envelope-from=Kevin@arilabs.net Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C9AA36.07C7B762" Subject: FAA Swft 702 Fuel test report X-Original-Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:02:17 -0600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-Original-Message-ID: <7141427652BB3049A7DBF1084B67805B1E3095@penumbra.arilabs.net> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: FAA Swft 702 Fuel test report Thread-Index: AcmqNgbnEkViNYumQcyOzIkLAExzFg== From: "Kevin Stallard" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C9AA36.07C7B762 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I found a link to a pdf of the Swift fuel test report from FAA testing done last year. Looks like there is a heat issue ( around 50F greater than 100LL) and peak HP is about 1.3% less than 100LL. =20 I know very little about the chemistry behind fuels and engine design, but if more heat is generated, how come that can't be harnessed and turned into power? =20 http://www.tc.faa.gov/its/worldpac/techrpt/ar0853.pdf =20 Kevin =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C9AA36.07C7B762 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I found a link to a pdf of the Swift fuel test report = from FAA testing done last year. Looks like there is a heat issue ( = around 50F greater than 100LL) and peak HP is about 1.3% less than = 100LL.

I know very little about the chemistry behind fuels = and engine design, but if more heat is generated, how come that can’t = be harnessed and turned into power?

http://www= .tc.faa.gov/its/worldpac/techrpt/ar0853.pdf<= /p>

Kevin

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