I think there are regulation in the Netherlands about the amount of fuel that may be stored and how this has to be stored.
Most likely it is that complicated that most people will just buy fuel at the pump, even if it is a lot more expensive.
RikB wrote:
Most likely it is that complicated that most people will just buy fuel at the pump, even if it is a lot more expensive.
Expense is only a secondary benefit, and probably alone would not be enough motivation. My primary motivation is to get rid of the lead.
There will almost certainly be regulations around the storage of flammable liquids in buildings. This will likely be addressed in:
A) the standards to which the building (hangar) was designed.
B) the fire risk assessment and requirements for the building
C) specialised requirements for the storage of hazardous materials
D) possible involvement of environmental regulations.
E) Local zoning or other bylaws.
If I were to guess, without special arrangements, you are probably allowed some nominal amount in a building, e.g. 20 to 100 litres, which is probably not what you want.
You can get around this by, ‘not having a building’, and storing the drums outside. However, I suspect that above a few hundred litres you are going to run into problems with the requirement for bunding around the tanks, or double wall storage containers.
You can get around and this by having a ‘vehicle’, e.g. a truck or trailer mounted bowser,
but then you will be subject to the regulations for the transportation of flammable liquids.
To evaluate your best option, you need to find the limits for the above scenarios and see if they will work for you.
It is not quite your scenario, but if I were running a Mogas aircraft, I would probably choose an off the shelf truck mounted tank that fits within your local rules. This is what heavy equipment operators will be using to fuel their excavators, etc.
At regular central European airfields, this is not how it works. Land comes at a premium here, so whenever one starts storing some vehicle or container outside of a hangar within which one has merely rented the space for an aircraft, it will usually not remain unnoticed, and problems will develop quickly. And after all, it’s not just the space taken up, but also the commercial competition this poses to the “official” fuel vendor on the field.
And whenever I raise this, people tell me it doesn’t exist in [their country x]. Actually it is everywhere – except where there is so much land and so little law, that nobody cares, provided you don’t shoot somebody. You can probably do what you like in Botswana.
In response to Boscomantico’s comment; that is why I suggested your own truck mounted fuel tank, as you would not leave it on-site.
You still have to deal with whether or not you are allowed to drive onto the airfield and refuel your aircraft. You also have to decide if you want to drive a vehicle suitable for a tank, which may not be that practicable for a densely populated city.
All of these options are easier on a farm strip and obviously much less likely the more the airport is regulated.
Yes; many have reported that the least problematic way is to buy a street legal bowser (they have come up for < 20k) and then you can get it filled up, with no questions asked re where it will be parked. I have seen this done at a number of places.
The other issue with drums is that any plane with a decent capability needs hundreds of litres and cannot be hand-pumped. You need to get a proper fast pump.
None of these issues are related to 91UL. You would have the same hassle with car petrol.
All of these options are easier on a farm strip and obviously much less likely the more the airport is regulated.
Indeed, and it suddenly made me realize how happy I am on my field. We bring our own fuel and have an understanding between us that we don’t store much of it, if any.
This is how it works in Spain’s UL world, and the Spanish CAA knows it and have taken some measures that may not be entirely up to scratch with @Silvaire ideas on Gov´t reach 
:All such ‘self-fuelers’ should read a safety leaflet, and sign and submit a form saying that they know what the heck they are doing!
submit a form saying that they know what the heck they are doing!
And do you? 
