True "The FAA's Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, N.J., completed technical testing on Swift Fuel in mid-January, reporting an octane value of 104.4. Worth noting is that the tech center's testing doesn't constitute industry or FAA approval of the fuel, but is rather a first run at examining the concept."
But "Although Swift Fuel produces alcohol in its process, the fuel is not ethanol-based but rather combines acetone compounds derived from fermentation of biomass." This looks promising. It is NOT Ethanol. So it might be a better fit to our engines. Hartmut To: [email protected]; [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 13:42:25 -0500 Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Fw: Swiftfuel Scott - When I read the article, I didn't see anything about Swiftfuel's being approved by FAA. It appears to be only in initial testing now. And, it weighs 1 pound more per gallon than 100LL. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Scott Morgan Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 1:31 PM To: ercoupe tech Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Fw: Swiftfuel --- Look at AVweb.com to learn about Swiftfuel. FAA has tested it and approved it for use. It is a biofuel replacement for 100LL and the company claims to be able to produce it for less than $2 per gallon. Scott _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Life without walls. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_032009
