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Old 6th Sep 2014, 04:54
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dubbleyew eight
 
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you will get lots of advice. lots of confusion.

I own a homebuilt aircraft (built by an old guy and his son) that is powered by a Continental O-200 engine.

I run the engine on 91 octane unleaded car fuel because I found the lead emissions an unnecessary pollutant.

I use Champion REM38E spark plugs in the engine.

I notice a slight tendency to carby icing more than I got with 100/130 octane avgas but that is all. carby heat sorts it out nicely.

I use 20.5 litres an hour of fuel. so at $1.50 a litre that is $31 per hour direct cost.
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