I was just wondering , if anyone has tried with success using ethanol , or methylated spirits , any thing along that line on etheir engines and if so what oil did u manage to use
castor oil , normal engine lube?? or what

reason why i ask is, well here in brisbane australia off the shelf fuel is horendously expensive 18- 20 aussie dollars a litre , i am trying to find a methanol supplier , but if i can do away with stuff like ethanol from the hardware store or methylated spirits ( metho) and lube i can get my hands on then that does the trick- looking forward to any replies aye , i havent bought my first plane yet , and i thought i mite sus the fuel availability and price b4 buying my first rc plane.

G'day Mate,
Try RC Warehouse in Brisbane, http://rcwarehouse.com.au/
& get your fuel from there, Methanol is the only stuff that will work, although OS has now got an engine that will run on Ethanol.
I mix my own fuel, don't use castor oil, it's old technology, I know lots of guys on here swear by castor, I only swear at it.
Then get yourself to a flying club ASAP, & learn as much as you can, the people at the club will help with fuel supplies.

Shaffy - yes, you can use metho - check out this post from the Glow Engine forum - thread was about Nitro Substitutes

"When the article was written (June issue) it seems Bunnings were having a sale on metho...I went to my local Bunnings the other day to check it out and the only metho was Diggers so I imagine that's what he got but it was about the same price as methanol. I'm thinking about trying it too.

I can't give a direct link to that article because of the way the web page is set up but if you go to http://www.vicstunt.com/ then click on the bottom left button (Newsletters), the next page the top button (A.C.L.N.) then select the June issue from the following page for a .pdf file. The article starts on page 8"

And just so the first 4 posters here are all Aussies....
That quote from Bone was done by someone I'm familiar with .