<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>It's the good smellin' stuff in Hai Karate aftershave. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Dec 7, 2012, at 20:49, "<a href="mailto:atwooddon@aol.com">atwooddon@aol.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:atwooddon@aol.com">atwooddon@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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From: Duane Beck <<a href="mailto:duane.e.beck@comcast.net">duane.e.beck@comcast.net</a>><br>
To: General pattern discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
Sent: Fri, Dec 7, 2012 6:45 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Going Electric - Battery Questions<br>
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<pre style="font-size:9pt"><tt>I get about 4% difference.
9.4 - 6.7 = 2.7
2.7 * 0.1 = 0.27
0.27 / 6.7 = 0.04 (4%)
For 20 fl. oz, that's about 0.7 oz more weight for a 10% increase in nitro (0.27
lb/gal * 20 fl. oz / 128 fl. oz/gal * 16 oz/lb).
Duane
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> From: "PhilS." <<a href="mailto:chuenkan@comcast.net">chuenkan@comcast.net</a>>
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> Sent: Friday, December 7, 2012 9:09:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Going Electric - Battery Questions
> OK, so if my calculations are correct , a 10% difference in nitro
> amounts to a 0.14% difference in weight. In a 20-oz tank of fuel, I
> can't think that will make a noticeable difference in overall aircraft
> weight or balance. So, doing all thehigher math -- actually, since the
> fuel is going to fly, we must get into computational fluid dynamics!
> ;-{) -- I calculate that 20 oz of 25% fuel weighs 0.96 oz more than a
> 20oz tank of 14% nitro. If my calcs are correct, that is hardly
> anything to write home about!!!
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> Phil Spelt, KCRC President
> AMA 1294 Scientific Leader Member
> SPA 177 Board Member
> (865)435-1476v, (865)604-0541c
> On 12/7/2012 8:17 PM, Dave Burton wrote:
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> Actually it does! nitro is approx 9.4 lbs per gal, methanol is approx
> 6.7 lbs per gal.
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