What are the fuels that are used in fighter planes?

Question

fuels use in fighter planes,can we use simple fuels in fighter planes that we use in our automobiles, if yes why and if not then why not?

Answer 1

The fuel used is called Jet A1. It's used in most commercial jets too.

The reason is that it the fuel goes through a different process of burning to run an aircraft engine than it does a car.

Answer 2

USAF aircraft normally use JP-8 petroleum jet fuel

but now we are testing 50/50 blend of synthetic petroleum fuel, which will eventually be used by all Air Force airplanes.

Answer 3

Zippo lighter fluid

Answer 4

are you talking jets or reciprocating engine there is a difference one uses gasoline as in car, jet use kerosene or jet fuel,

Answer 5

In theory a gas turbine engine will run on any liquid that can be vapourized and burned. So yes they can run on automotive fuel or mogas.  But due to concerns such as altitude, temprature and flaspoint etc , Jet aircraft use jet fuel. Jet fuel has a high flashpoint and a very low freezing point (-47C) In civilian aviation this is called JET-A.

The military used JP-8. It is just like Jet-A, kerosene based but is less flamable, less prone to icing and less hazardous for added saftey. Anti corrosion additeves are also used.

Answer 6

Current Military Fighter Jets in the US use JP5 or JP8 (JP is very simliar to Jet-A,but with a higher flashpoint due to safety of storage in aircraft carriers, and the different flash points is what distinguishes the number) JP5 is one the most common based on availablity

Civilian (ex-military) use Jet-A as is widely available

Old WWII style fighter aircraft currently use 100LL, but when in service used a varitey of different fuels, with some being over 120-140 Octane, all being lead based.

Jet - A is very similiar to Kersoene, actually is, but highly refined to remove any impurites with added chemicals to prevent icing and other bad things that happen, and diesel and kersone are very similar. and 100 LL (low lead) is similar to 100 Ocatane racing fuels. BTW some modern expermental and older GA aircraf actually use dieslel and automotive fuels.

Their are a few reasons avaition does not use the same gas as cars..

For Gasoline powered aircraft (without STC for Auto Gas), the octane rating is one factor.. Octane is not more power,but a higher temp required for the fuel to detonate (explode), detonation is a very bad thing to have happen in an aircraft engine, so most ga aircraft use 100 octane, meaning they can compress the fuel more (pressure is related to temperture). The lead in the gas acts to cool the engine and lubiricate the valves, but lead is also very bad for the enviroment, so wide scale use in cars was banned, and if you put leaded gas in a car now, it will clog up the catalitic converter. But due to safety and the time/cost to certify new engine designs, leaded fuels are still used.

Jet-A and JP5 is sometimes and could  be used in place of diesel in diesel powered cars, but desiel has better lubircating qualites, but mainly  the cost of each limits its use, as they are more expensive then commerical diesel. Kerosene is actually added to diesel to prevent it from gelling up, and waxing, but its a cost factor, as lubircants can be added to be used in diesel powered vechiles.

Answer 7

The USAF uses JP-8, kerosene with an additives package.  They used to use JP-4, but switched in an economic move to match the USNavy -- apparently -8 is less volitale and used aboard ship.

Answer 8

jet-a is kerosene

Answer 9

Jet A1-Very highly refined kerosine , but their working on a new one now.

Answer 10

probabily JET A... i dont think their are many varrients.... i could be wrong though