gasoline in FAI fuel?

Dean Pappas d.pappas at kodeos.com
Wed Oct 13 07:52:04 AKDT 2004


Bill,
That sound familiar ... benzol or prope! (propelene oxide)
 

Dean Pappas 
Sr. Design Engineer 
Kodeos Communications 
111 Corporate Blvd. 
South Plainfield, N.J. 07080 
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-----Original Message-----
From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Bill Glaze
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Subject: Re: gasoline in FAI fuel?


Also interesting to me is how the stuff mixes.  When I was racing, to get gas and alky to homogenize, we had to add about 2% benzine. (benzol.)  Bill Glaze

Troy Newman wrote: 

Gasoline also destroys  other silicone parts like Fuel tubing, and O-rings

in glow motors.



TN

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Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 1:58 PM

Subject: RE: gasoline in FAI fuel?





Gasoline also destroys the silicone bits in a YS pump.



Dean Pappas

Sr. Design Engineer

Kodeos Communications

111 Corporate Blvd.

South Plainfield, N.J. 07080

(908) 222-7817 phone

(908) 222-2392 fax

d.pappas at kodeos.com





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[ mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Bill Glaze

Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 4:56 PM

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Subject: Re: gasoline in FAI fuel?





Wayne:

Gasoline has the highest specific heat value.  Methanol has about 1/2

the specific heat, and nitro has about half the specific heat of

methane, or about 1/4 the heat value of gasoline.  The reason that nitro

is such a h.p. builder, is because you can, if necessary, run a hellish

amount of the stuff, because it makes it's own Oxygen. Same as double

base gunpowder.  Adding nitroglycerine helps the combustion, at the

expense of greater barrel erosion.  Or, as we used to say:  "Nitro

destroys bank accounts."



Bill Glaze



Wayne Galligan wrote:



  

Yes... I am interested in hearing this theory.   I thought gasoline had

fewer btu's then alcohol and how does it aid in ignition?   Does it retard

ignition or advance it?



Lance V. has been running FAI fuel through his engines as an after run to

dissipate the nitro left over in the engine.  I am waiting for his results

as he just started doing this in the last few months,



Wayne G.



 ----- Original Message ----- 

 From:  brianyemail-nsrca at yahoo.com

 To:  discussion at nsrca.org

 Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 1:23 PM

 Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: bearings/fuel





 Youre saying add 15% gasoline to FAI fuel? Does the power compare to

    

nitro

  

fuel and how about the idle?



 ray ayestaran   <mailto:pizzaalt at concentric.net> <pizzaalt at concentric.net> wrote:

   nitro is causing that bearing rust, try fai fuel with 15%gas added also

don't run your engine dry after flying, just drain tank allow some oil to

protect bearings from moisture. a soft mount without nose ring will allow

engine to oscillate around crank putting much more pressure on bearings at

unintended angles. have you ever held a mechanical gyro while spinning - if

you move it left, right, up or down it will not react but as soon as you

twist it off axis it will drop rpm and fight.





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