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Old 11-14-2010, 07:00 PM
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Default RE: Seidel 7-70 radial: Help me decide!

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That is 6 different fuels!!??
It's not six different fuels. It's six different mixtures of the same two elements. And technically, the only "fuel" is methanol. The other component is lubricating oil which is mixed with "the fuel." We're just spoiled from getting to run to the hobby shop and pick up a gallon of pre-mixed juice for our models! So all we need is a jug of methanol and a bottle of synthetic oil. Here in Japan, Saito sells a can of "racing oil" that guys at my field use when they prepare the mixture for their gas engines (which also require a do-it-yourself mixture). One guy just uses a clear plastic bottle with marks on the side for (X amount of fuel and Y amount of oil). It really couldn't be simpler.

But the ONLY question for me is where to buy methanol.