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JP-8 is kerosene based. It is designed as a jet fuel; it can also be used in gas-turbines or in diesel engines, although it has caused some problems in diesel engines. It can't be used in gasoline engines because it is not sufficiently volatile. Diesel engines work by using very high compression ratios. To withstand these high compression ratios diesel engines need to be much more strongly built than gas engines; this makes them too heavy to be used in aircraft. There are a few piston aircraft engines that are available that will use this fuel. My avionics company has a diesel Cessna. It has a service ceiling of 15K feet and gets there real fast.
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What is fuel used for aeroplane?
Piston aircraft use gasoline and Jets use a form of kerosene
When fueling an aircraft powered by a piston engine it is acceptable to use a blend of 100LL and Jet A fuel.?
fueling an aircraft powered by a piston engine it is acceptable to use a blend of 100LL and Jet A fuel The Lean Mixture rating is 100 octane
What types of petrol are used in piston engine aircraft?
Many use standard petrol, some use high octane petrol.
What kind of fuel does a Piston engine plane use?
A piston engine aircraft can use high octane auto gas (yep, same stuff you fill your car up with!) or 100LL, a 100 octain fuel with lead in it. LL stands for 'low lead'. MOST piston aircraft uses 100LL because most airports don't carry car gas anymore.
What does a plane use?
Jet fuel, literally <><><> Depends on the plane. Jet aircraft DO use jet fuel, which is mainly very pure kerosene. Piston engined aircraft use AVGAS- or Aviation gasoline- a high octane form of gasoline.
What fuel does a plane use?
Jet fuel, literally <><><> Depends on the plane. Jet aircraft DO use jet fuel, which is mainly very pure kerosene. Piston engined aircraft use AVGAS- or Aviation gasoline- a high octane form of gasoline.
What gases do planes burn when in flight?
Depends on the aircraft. There are piston driven aircraft, which burn low lead petrol, there are jet aircraft, which will burn some type of jet fuel, and there are military aircraft, which, in the US and NATO forces, use a fuel known as JP-8.
What is the best additive to mix with jp8 fuel for use in off road diesel equipment?
JP8 was invented to be compatible with diesel. You don't really need to put any additives in it, but if you insist I'd use something like Howes Meaner Power Cleaner.
How does a piston work on an airplane?
One believes you are talking about piston engines- such as a V-l2 or Flat-6 as opposed to Jet or turbine engines. almost all automobiles with the exception of the Rotary-engined Mazda, use piston internal-combustion engines. With aircraft there are piston engined, Turbo-Prop, and straight turbine or turbo-jets. Rockets are a bit out of the pale for common use.
Name of fuel used in Airplanes?
That depends on the type of aircraft really, Jet aircraft use a de ionised form of kerosene called Jet A1, Piston aircraft use a high octane petrolium, similar to that you would put in your car, only the aerospace grade petrol is much higher quallity and octane
What was the last war using piston engine propellor aircraft?
In 1969. El Salvador and Honduras in the Football War.El Salvador had P51 Mustangs and Honduras flew F4U Corsairs.The above was the last instances of fighter piston aircraft seeing combat. Most militaries continue to this day to use piston engine aircraft for certain specialist duties: transport, forward fire control, observation, COIN, and other light duties. However, even here, most are slowly being phased out in favor of the turboprop.
How much does fuel cost for a plane?
This question is best answered with a "Depends On" type of answer. There are several types of Aircraft that use several types of fuel. There are common piston type aircraft that use anything from common no lead gasoline to jet aircraft that use a higher octane product commonly referred to as JP4 or jet fuel. The "Depends on" comes in with the highly volatile cost of petroleum based fuels. You can figure that common fuel for piston type aircraft (commonly 100LL / 100 octane Low Lead) is similar in price to automotive gasoline with a $1 - $2 premium usually added by the supplier because you have few choices of where to buy it unless you go to another airport. The cost of going to another airport is usually higher than just paying the premium. Jet fuel (JP4) is often cheaper than the 100LL for piston aircraft because the airports desire more jet aircraft to do business at their facility. Currently (Winter 2010) fuel for my piston aircraft is in the neighborhood of $4.50 per gallon and my aircraft (Single engine Piper Warrior) burns approximately 9 gallons per hour.
