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Questions on fuel
Hi, my name is Art I am new to RC Notes.
1. Just got off the phone with Tower Hobbies and I'm confused about
the difference between sport and premium fuel? The answer I got
from them was their is more nitro in premium than sport fuel.
2. Now logic tells me that if it is rated 10% it shouldn't make
a difference in how it burns, unless the other ingredients are taken
into concederation.
3. Would be very thankfull to all for any understanding of this.
thanks art
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 881.1 | SA1794::TENEROWICZT | Thu Feb 09 1989 07:30 | 8 | ||
The only thing I can say is that with some "sport" fuels (I don't
know about towers) they use a reclaimed nitro. This is nitro that
has been used in some other chemical process and then seperated.
They say that they only get nitro from this process?
Tom
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| 881.3 | tower fuel | KYOA::GAROZZO | Fri Feb 10 1989 14:31 | 5 | |
The Tower catalog states that the premium fule has a greater
concentration of lubricants and is all synthetic oil. The sport
fuel uses castor and synthetic.
Bob G.
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| 881.4 | SA1794::TENEROWICZT | Fri Feb 10 1989 14:41 | 11 | ||
I'll tell Ya, I sell a fuel from Penn. called S&W. You'll see it
advertized in Flying Models. When I order the only item that changes
the price per gallon is "Nitro" content. 100% castor,100% synthetic,
15-18-20-22% oil. Whatever ya want. It's all the same price. 10%
Nitro,12.5% nitro,20% nitro. They all cost different prices. The
NITRO is the costly item in our fuel.
Tom
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| 881.5 | Hazardous substances in fuel | GIDDAY::CHADD | Sun Jan 21 1990 19:02 | 27 | |
On the subject of fuel mixture's I would like to raise the question of hazardous substances that are used by various groups in fuel. While I don't like to point fingers at any group it appears to be the biggest risk takers are the Old Timer movement. They are experimenting with some "exotic" mixture's for economy not performance. I recently read an article where the author was dismayed that people were still asking where they get such substances as nitro benzene, zylene, and paraledhyde to name a few. The hazards nature of these substances have been well documented. The risk is not only to the used but also any bystander or helper that inhales the fumes. The same author also reported he had recently had surgery for cancer and the surgeon while he could not guarantee the cause to be contact with these "exotic" substances in his early modelling career indicated it was a probable cause. In Australia Tetra-nitro-methane, nitro benzene and hydrazine are banned. I am interested to see comment on:- 1. What substances are banned in other countries. 2. What other substances should be avoided in fuel. It is possible for some quite safe substances in there raw unburnt/mixed state to become toxic or dangerous as a fuel. Any person in these notes with chemists knowledge may like to explain (simply) what is happening with things such as trioxides etc. John | |||||