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Re:FAA approves unleaded fuel for piston fleet by V-eHGsd_ on Thursday September 01, 2022 @05:46PM (#32683717)
ul94 has been around for a year or so (I've had the stc since last december), but yeah for high compression engines, it was 100LL or nothing. I'm hoping the stc is comparably priced, $100 or so.

this is really awesome.

edit to add: for the non av geeks, an stc is a supplemental type certificate. it's basically an faa stamp that says, "this aircraft has been changed from when it was initially certified, but it's an approved change"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplemental_type_certificate

Re:FAA approves unleaded fuel for piston fleet by sokoloff on Thursday September 01, 2022 @05:51PM (#32683790)
George Braly in the video interview indicated it would be similarly priced to the Petersen STC, which used to be $1/rated HP and now appears to be $2/rated HP.

In short: it’s no barrier whatsoever to adoption.

Re:FAA approves unleaded fuel for piston fleet by V-eHGsd_ on Thursday September 01, 2022 @05:56PM (#32683840)
so a little more expensive than the swift stc but yeah still totally worth it.