making fuel
09-07-2004, 06:53 AM
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RE: making fuel
JP, This could be an adventure for you.
If you are intending to buy small quantities it is a bit of a chore finding suppliers. Alcohol can be purchased in hardware stores. Look for 99% pure Methyl Hydrate. Synthetic oil such as Klotz can be purchased at Motor cycle stores. Decent hobby stores sell Sig castor oil. Nitro is a problem. I usually buy a gallon from the Klotz booth at the Toledo show.
There used to be a store in Markham called the "Winners Circle" I do not know if it still exists. You will have to dig around and find stores that cater to the performance motor cycle/Go kart crowd.
That is the best I can offer.
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If you are intending to buy small quantities it is a bit of a chore finding suppliers. Alcohol can be purchased in hardware stores. Look for 99% pure Methyl Hydrate. Synthetic oil such as Klotz can be purchased at Motor cycle stores. Decent hobby stores sell Sig castor oil. Nitro is a problem. I usually buy a gallon from the Klotz booth at the Toledo show.
There used to be a store in Markham called the "Winners Circle" I do not know if it still exists. You will have to dig around and find stores that cater to the performance motor cycle/Go kart crowd.
That is the best I can offer.
Ed S
09-07-2004, 06:41 PM
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RE: making fuel
I agree with the above. Nitro may be available from speed shops or racetracks - methanol too. There are a variety of sources for oil but it can be surprisingly expensive. One solution for nitromethane, if you are making low nitro fuel such as 5% or less is to buy a gallon of 40% fuel from your distributor. By mixing it with your blend, you can use it to make 8 gallons of low nitro (5%) hooch which is perfectly acceptable for most 2-stroke sport flying. For low nitro mixes, this is likely cheaper than sourcing the nitro separately.
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10-28-2004, 03:31 PM
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RE: making fuel
Everything you need to know about mixing percentages without any arithmetic.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/Home...2062693/tm.htm
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/Home...2062693/tm.htm
11-28-2004, 02:07 AM
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RE: making fuel
Hi,
Lets take the quess work out of this ..
This is a fuel mix calculator in US and metric runs on a WINDOZE PC
If you use this and also use Acetone add this as EDL % 3 % for 2 strokes 5% for 4 strokes
http://www.birdgagesoft.com
winheli is the program, its better than all the guess work
Phil
Lets take the quess work out of this ..
This is a fuel mix calculator in US and metric runs on a WINDOZE PC
If you use this and also use Acetone add this as EDL % 3 % for 2 strokes 5% for 4 strokes
http://www.birdgagesoft.com
winheli is the program, its better than all the guess work
Phil
