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Old 10-07-2007 | 01:18 PM
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YES I KNOW !!!! Dumb idea. And against AMA regs. (?) But surely someone out there has done it either by accident or out of curiosity.

What happens when the smoke is turned on? Is it a dirty smoke or does it look like the Bat-mobile ??[X(]

Old 10-07-2007 | 02:20 PM
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Doesn't give hardly any smoke. Been three, done that. Just turn it on and blow it out.
Old 10-07-2007 | 03:54 PM
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Sky Pipe was the first manufacturer to market an afterbuner for micro turbines.

http://www.airtoi.com/special/spec2.htm
Old 10-07-2007 | 06:54 PM
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It's not against any AMA regs. It's just not the best smoke fluid but it will still smoke.
Old 10-07-2007 | 07:01 PM
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As stated above, it will smoke a little, it will not ignite. You can ignite smoke fluid much easier than kero.
Old 10-07-2007 | 07:38 PM
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Is Airtoi still in business ?
Old 10-07-2007 | 11:53 PM
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I was thinking and if you were flying a jet with an exhaust pipe and then you fed in extra kero of course there would not be enough oxygen in there to get it to burn again. But if you have a gap in between the pipe and the fuselage (which i assume you should) which would have fresh air flowing through as an insulator could you make some sort of an intake into the pipe after the jet and before where you inject the kerosene? If the oxygen and fuel mixed in the heat of the exhaust also would it auto-ignite? Maybe this could give you a cool flame or afterburner effect or maybe even some extra thrust.
Old 10-08-2007 | 12:07 AM
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I think John Redman already answered this question above...

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Yes, i realise that but i assume that he is talking about if you just inject kero straight into the jet exhaust. I am talking about if you mix in a bit of oxygen first to maybe give it at chance to burn. I was just wondering if anyone has tried this before or if it will work?
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I am not sure if Airtoi is still in business but it looks like SkyPipe is. I think we have to ask the question what is he trying to achieve by running Kero in the smoke system. Is he trying to create an afterburner or something different?

http://www.skypipe.de/
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lol, I had a bud asking about this also, I suggested he get into model rockets instead of jets !

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