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Old 25th March 2012 | 07:19
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peterh337
 
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What Castrol booster was it?

Adding stuff to fuel is not nearly as problematic as one might think, because many pilots flying at high altitude add stuff already. I add ~ 0.5% IPA when doing certain flights, as a precaution even though there is no known case of fuel icing on a TB20.

But the amount would have to be small in % terms. Even the 0.5% is a hassle to carry if you had to do it on every leg of say a 20hr trip. That's why the pros use EDME because that is only 0.15%.
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