Premium Diesel BP Ultimate and Shell V Power semi synthetic Diesel fuel have been cleared to use in JetCat Turbines.
As of today (28-1-2014) JetCat decided to approve these fuels for JetCat engines. They said ” we made a lot of test and some of our pilots fly about one year without issues, so it is now approved”
The best results we made with the ARAL (BP in England) Ultimate Diesel, a little smoke during the start sequence and on shut down, the shell caused the P60 and P20 to be a little up and down on idle speed and propensity to cough, but never stop. The ARAL (BP) Ultimate Fuel works the same as kerosene, only smoke as mentioned before.
The 5% Turbine oil is the same as for Kerosene.
Kerosene is still recommended, but the warranty isn’t affected by using the premium Diesel.
The service time maybe reduced and could be more expensive based on the additives Diesel contains due sediment blockage. More information will come with experience.
