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Old 09-13-2010, 01:06 PM
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I have a new nitro boat motor would it hurt it if I ran the same 10% nitro that I run in my airplanes Omega is the brand of the fuel
Old 09-13-2010, 11:51 PM
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Default RE: boat fuel

I believe boat fuels have a much higher amount of oil in them (~25%) because they tend to be run at very high revs for long periods so I wouldn't use Omega because it's only 17% unless you give it a healthy dose of castor.
Old 09-14-2010, 11:10 PM
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ok what ifi use a 30% heli it has a 20% oil
Old 09-19-2010, 03:20 PM
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heli 30% will be fine.

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