blazobob
Senior Heliman
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| 50-55 octane fuel in a gasser!!!!
Hey Guys, Please educate me why would u ever think of putting inferior fuel in your expesinve machines??? Coleman fuel has a lighter molecular weight than gasoline and is hense much more volatile. everyone keeps throwing up burn temperatire and octane numbers. A chemical engineer who works for a petroleum distiller in houston told me that naphtha is a less stable less efficient fuel source compared to 93 octane unleaded pump gas. This is not an opinion it is a mathmatical fact that is undisputable. I also spoke with zenoah usa about the use of 55 octane fuel of any source in their 26cc engine and was told nothing less than 89 octane was recomended. This is what their engineers came up with. So what gives with camp fuel in gas engines. Would u fill up a 120,000. porche 911 with coleman fuel??? Bottom line, 55 octane is way to low for a standard engine. I have a friend with a new 3000. quick heli. He hovered 25 minutes with coleman fuel in the tank and since has not been able to get the engine started. I have weedeaters , blowers, etc.. that i Put 0 maintenance into, I mean none at all, same plug for 2-3 years, a filthy gummed up foam filter, eradic oil mixtures- way to much or hardly any at all. These abused yard tools faithfully fire up and run smooth with an average of 8 years of sever abusive use. I hear guys all over with problematic issues with their helis. The guy with the wal-mart junk blower is not going onto web forums to try and figure out how to get his 2-stroke running. Would u put coleman fuel in a 1600.00 Desert Aircraft Engine??? So why is anybody even thinking about it. It is an inferior, engine damaging fuel source.
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therapyworx
Thank you for taking the time to educate us on the finer points of gasoline engines . I see you fly a Blade 400 and have 3 posts so far on RR . And as if that alone isn't enough , I have to admit I stand in absolute awe of your years of experience abusing weedeaters and blowers . I can't speak for everyone here , but I can say I will be following your future posts here in the gasser forum , and hanging on every word . Hopefully I will be able to absorb some of your incredible experience based wisdom . You are the man 
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I was just posting what was told to me last week by Al Hanson
