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Piston-engined airplanes run on avgas, which is very similar to automotive gasoline, but higher octane. Avgas is also often still leaded, although this is scheduled to be phased out in 2009. Some piston-engine aircraft are capable of running on automotive gas, but it is usually reccommended that avgas be used whenever possible.
Turbine-engined airplanes like jets, turboprops and many helicopters run on jet fuel. Jet fuel is very similar to kerosene or diesel fuel, but is highly filtered and usually contains additives to prevent formation of water-ice crystals in the fuel system.
Jet fuel is a type of aviation fuel designed for use in aircraft powered by gas-turbine engines. It is clear to straw-colored in appearance. The most commonly used fuels for commercial aviation are Jet A and Jet A-1 which are produced to a standardised international specification. The only other jet fuel commonly used in civilian turbine-engine powered aviation is Jet B which is used for its enhanced cold-weather performance.
Jet fuel is a mixture of a large number of different hydrocarbons. The range of their sizes (molecular weights or carbon numbers) is restricted by the requirements for the product, for example, freezing point or smoke point. Kerosene-type jet fuel (including Jet A and Jet A-1) has a carbon number distribution between about 8 and 16 carbon numbers; wide-cut or naphtha-type jet fuel (including Jet B), between about 5 and 15 carbon numbers.
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∙ 11y agoAircraft use a huge range of fuel from regular gasoline up to various jet fuels.
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Why are hydrocarbons used for fuel in stovescars and airplanes?
Airplanes use a fuel called kerosene.
Which energy source do we use to fuel most our cars trucks and airplanes?
Fossil fuel
.Which energy source do we use to fuel most of our cars trucks and airplanes?
Fossil fuel
What things use the most Fossil Fuel?
Cars , airplanes etc.
What engine fuel is used in airplanes?
Airplane engines use jet fuel. Read more, below.
Which energy source do you use to fuel most of your cars trucks and airplanes?
Petrol
Do Airplanes Use Fuels?
Airplanes do use fuel, called aviation fuel. When crude oil is processed thro distillation process , first to come out is grades of diesel, then kerosene, then petrol. After distillation, what remains is tar etc. Aviation fuel is similar to diesel, that is, petrol is more pure than aviation fuel..
What differs nitro airplanes from other airplanes?
Nitro airplanes usually use a different kind of fuel than that of other planes. Some of these planes use castrol oil, regular oil, or diesel, it just depends on the plane.
What type of fuel is used in plane?
most commercial airplanes use aviation fuel however some smaller planes may use a more concentrated version of aviation fuel
Can you use alcohol as fuel?
Yes, alcohol is a good fuel. They don't let you use it in airplanes, though, because it absorbs moisture from the air and destroys the rubber parts of fuel systems.
What did early airplanes use for fuel?
Gasoline, and in the early days of aviation all gasoline was the same.
Which kind of fuels are use in airplanes?
Depending on what kind of plane it is, AV Gas or Jet Fuel
