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Old 17th Mar 2012, 15:20
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"How much avgas do the military use in drones and trainers?"

I imagine that you are right about piston engine basic trainers using Avgas (the Air Cadet Grob 109s which share our airfield certainly do) but I would guess that piston powered drones might be on jet fuel / Diesel. Back in the mid 1990s I was slightly involved in a project to develop a 100 cc capacity Diesel powered piston engine because the US military wanted a human portable electrical generator but also wanted no gasoline on the battlefield.
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