Jet A1 in a 100LL engine?
Bare with me here.
It used to be the case in Scandinavia in the 60's and early 70's that Kerosene (which is Jet A1, for all intents and purposes) was cheaper than gas. So, a lot of manufacturers and retrofitters did a cheeky conversion of sort (a bit like the LPG people do today). They had the car start on gas, then once the temp had come up they switched over to Kerosene form another tank. Apparently worked really well, but did lose some slight power.
How this was achieved I'm not entirely sure, but I think the exhaust was piped around the Kerosene inlet to warm it up and vaporize it, so it could ignite easier.
Now, in these times of imminent banning of 100LL and death and doom for petrol pistons, and if this worked for old car engines, couldn't it be made to work for piston powered aircraft engines?
Last edited by AdamFrisch; 10th June 2010 at 20:59.