REFLECTOR: 11,500 data for the DH engine

[J.P. Brooks]

as always, I am humbled by the company on this forum...  truly.  You guys 
amaze me with your insite and knowledge.  I sincerely say that I only ask 
to stand in your shadows for now.  Someday soon, I only hope to make you smile.
Fly safe,
I hope to see you all at OSH,
jpb


At 05:54 AM 5/13/2005, you wrote:
>On that note too- I have a construction business, and we run "pump"
>diesel in the on-road trucks, and amazingly cheap "off road only" diesel
>in the heavy equipment- the difference is a little bit of sulfur content
>(they say)  and a bunch of tax- we will run the on-road trucks
>occasionally on the off road diesel if they are on a trip and going to
>run out and the carry tanks have off road in them- you can't tell the
>difference in either power, mileage, exhaust smoke, ect- the only real
>difference is the cost and the color (off road is clear)  I believe the
>off road (which I suppose could be used in the aircraft since they are
>"off road") is going for about $1.10/gallon at the moment.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
>Behalf Of John Dibble
>Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 7:15 AM
>To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: 11,500 data for the DH engine
>
>All fuels are made by the same refineries and the same individuals
>operating the refining units.  It makes no sense that specs for one
>product are adhered to while for another ther're not.  Sometimes fuel
>made by one refinery is sold under the name of another refinery because
>of logistics, so brand names guarantee nothing, except that all brands
>meet the specs.  There are several grades of diesel, but only those
>acceptable for engines are found at auto pumps.
>
>John
>
>jp211 at comcast.net wrote:
>
> >  Not in a water pressure contest here over "a rose by any other name"
> > but when I hear "diesel" to me it means lets pull over and get some
> > Texico stuff for the bird.  When I hear "Jet-A" I hear a product that
> > has very tighly held specs just as 100LL or Avgas.Jet-A in Racine will
> > be nearly the same quility as other Jet-A in Nirobi.  Diesel fuel in
> > Racine can vary from Texico to "Brand-X, and get a 6 pack to go" to
> > Costco fullup.  Do you know what your getting is all.  Now I will
> > crawl back to my room here in Tokyo and wait for the words,Thanks\JP
>
>
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