From (poor) memory, a litre (liter) of avgas weighs 710g (or is that 780g - as I said poor memory) - 1l of water weighs 1Kg Given that mogas is just a lower grade of avgas, (ie just Gasoline) it is a reasonable baseline to work from. so: 1USGal=3.8l, 3.8*.71=2.698Kg. At 2.2lbs to the Kg (2.698*2.2), 1USGal=5.9356lbs (ie 6lbs) ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 12:46 AM Subject: Re: roof
> On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Ben McCafferty wrote: > > > Is gasoline that much lighter than water? "A pint's a pound, the world > > around." i.e. a gallon of water weighs 8 pounds.... > > ?? > > I'm pretty sure that's correct. It's gotta be lighter than water, after > all, it floats. ;) > > _ _ > __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI > / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- > | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org > \__, |\__,_|_|_| "There is something ironic when the developers name > |___/ housing development after what they bulldozed to build > it, but I think you have to allow some latitude in > naming, so that not every street is called "Suburban > Drive." -- Jan Wolter > |
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