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Old 12-16-2013, 03:06 PM
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JeffH
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I am in the process of converting some gas engines to either glow, or CDI methanol since I despise the smell of gas on my hands. If I could run race gas, maybe a different story...
I love the smell of methanol and nitro! To me, the ONLY real downside is the need for truly fuelproof paint which is costly! Other than that, I find no faults with alcohol. Maybe if I flew 5 time a day at 32oz a flight, 4-5 times a week, I would look at the economy of gas, but I don't fly that often so alky it is!

Now I will caveat this with an engine size. Trying to feed a 100cc twin with alcohol may break the bank and also when you are hauling up half a gallon of fuel a flight, the performance gain may reach a point of no returns due to the added fuel weight.