Hi there!

I'm a (total) beginner looking for some advice about using ethanol in a nitro engine. So a little background info:

There's a group project I'm doing where we test the efficiency we can get out of various methods of propulsion in an RC car. So my task is to look into using biofuels for the experiment.

This of course includes standard methanol, but I'm quite interested in using ethanol as well. I intend on using a 2-stroke nitro RC engine with 0% nitro, 15-18% Klotz Benol castor oil and ethanol. However, my biggest concern is whether or not the glow plug can remain hot enough with ethanol. What do you guys think? Are there any other major things I need to be concerned about??

If it helps:
- The engine won't be running at full throttle (or at least for very long)
- The engine will likely be running for a somewhat prolonged period of time (although if we design the experiment in a different way, it will be running for a very short period for each reading)
- There will be no long term use of the engine


Excuse my lack of knowledge and any responses are greatly appreciated

Thanks, PotatoPatato