Aircraft flying
Ethanol has been obtainable for nearly a century for aircraft flying. But there are currently finding ways to use it for more things and to assist us on our reliance on foreign oil for aircraft flying. Baylor University has done numerous tests on ethanol in acrobatic universal aviation aircraft as well as passenger high and low performance aircraft flying.
The Bellanca Decathlon a symmetrical winged Citabria for aerobatics was tested with 100% hydrous ethanol, which was gotten from an M and M Mars Candy Manufacturing plant for the reason of aircraft flying. Ethanol was thought to be unsafe when it was 10 to 15% mixed with water owing to the reduction aspects of water in aircraft engines another good cause for aircraft flying preflight inspections.
It was found that with a 100% hydrous ethanol there was no decrease in performance and to the opposing a small increase in less knocking under demand for aircraft flying power. When put into a Pitts Special S1S where the compression ratios were 10:1 the ethanol had a higher performance when temperatures were over 100 degrees for aircraft flying. The 50/50 blended fuel had a decrease somewhat of up to 15 to 20%. Eleven aircraft flying were tested at Baylor University the larger the engines the better the ethanol did.
Ethanol also increased the TBO, total time to recommended or predicted overhaul by 50% meaning less wear on the engine, possibly due to less knock. The FAA even stating that it exceeded the aircraft flying tests. Aviation fuel is the last fuel obtainable with lead inside it for aircraft flying. It appears that if ethanol provides better performance in hotter climates then may wish to sell ethanol for aircraft flying in those markets unless the pilots will fly much above 12,000 feet where the air is cooler. The standard of 2 degrees per thousand feet decrease in ambient temperature, aircraft flying over mountains could be a subject.