How about high pressure automotive fuel injection on a Lycoming engine?
That opens up use of ethanol blended fuel. Adapt the best of automotive fuel injection, and use an aviation oriented control system like Tracy Crooks EC series of controller or Simple Digital Systems injection's controller. Maybe there are others too.
The planned increase in federal aviation fuel tax from $.04 to $.36 (if I recall correctly) certainly helps the mogas cause.
We have lots of avionics that are not certified, even electronic ignition.
It costs me $60/hr in fuel to run my C-182.
And my autogas STC is useless because you can't get ethanol free fuel here as of last week.
I'm enjoying building an Alternative Engine RV-8, and all that entails, but I tell you this: a stock lycoming powerplant could easily be adapted to run on high pressure digital fuel injection. It's already been done.
That opens up use of ethanol blended fuel. Adapt the best of automotive fuel injection, and use an aviation oriented control system like Tracy Crooks EC series of controller or Simple Digital Systems injection's controller. Maybe there are others too.
The planned increase in federal aviation fuel tax from $.04 to $.36 (if I recall correctly) certainly helps the mogas cause.
We have lots of avionics that are not certified, even electronic ignition.
It costs me $60/hr in fuel to run my C-182.
And my autogas STC is useless because you can't get ethanol free fuel here as of last week.
I'm enjoying building an Alternative Engine RV-8, and all that entails, but I tell you this: a stock lycoming powerplant could easily be adapted to run on high pressure digital fuel injection. It's already been done.