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Re: Model Airplane Fuel
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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Model Airplane Fuel
> Date: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 1:19 PM
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> Original Poster: "christopher boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
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> <<<< Sam Barros was thinking of using only the oil that is a component of
> modeling fuel not the fuel itself. That would be bad :-)) I think it is
> like "2 Stroke Oil". - Terry >>>>
Classically, the oil in glow-plug fuel is castor oil, which has the
advantage of having a high dielectric constant. It is also what Maxwell
Labs uses in their caps. One problem, common to all oils, really, is that
it is like a giant sponge sucking up water from the air.
>
> The Nitro they're refering to is NitroMethane. If your using the Pink
> stuff in the little 1 or 2 litre plastic jugs it's also mixed with a
> little light oil (there's a percentage on the bottle)
>
Indeed, and nitromethane is somewhat unique among explosives in that it has
a "deflagration detonation transition"... That is, unlike most explosives,
which require a shock to detonate, it is possible (not easy) to detonate
nitromethane starting with burning it. Another reason to not use it for a
spark gap.... (Especially because a spark gap can be used to make shock
waves, which WILL detonate most explosives).
Nitromethane does make a good solvent to remove cyanoacrylate adhesive
though...