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Forum: RC Fuels

01-09-2011, 04:41 AM

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I live in a country where I can't get Methanol, any ideas for how to run a glow engine!

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Posted By ggraham500

RE: I live in a country where I can't get Methanol, any ideas for how to run a glow engine!

I teach chemistry and physics ... trust me ethanol & methanol are completely different substances. "All alcohol", yes, chemically speaking, but a deadly combination.

When I was Lab Tech at the...

Forum: RC Fuels

01-08-2011, 05:04 PM

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I live in a country where I can't get Methanol, any ideas for how to run a glow engine!

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Posted By ggraham500

RE: I live in a country where I can't get Methanol, any ideas for how to run a glow engine!

The other 5% is methanol (which is poisonous) and makes the ethanol/methanol blend non-consumable. Methanol will dissolve the optic nerve and create permanent blindness. The 95% ethanol / 5% methanol...

Forum: RC Fuels

01-08-2011, 04:55 AM

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I live in a country where I can't get Methanol, any ideas for how to run a glow engine!

Views: 12,501

Posted By ggraham500

RE: I live in a country where I can't get Methanol, any ideas for how to run a glow engine!

This may sound like a stupid question, but why not just install a gas engine? The AVGAS will certainly run well on that. There are a number of gas engines now in the 15cc and way larger cc range that...

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