Has anyone tried "Rapicon" glow fuel?
Robert Scott
and/or and Omega (very limited -if any- choice of nitro content) glow fuels
at high prices.
I recently saw an advertisement for an imported product available via mail
order at a decent price (15% Nitro at <$20/gal. to your door). It is
packaged in quart bottles to avoid HAZMAT fees.
I took delivery today of a case (the minimum order). You're allowed to
mix-'n'-match gallons in case-quantities of three gallons (twelve quarts).
I got two gallons of 15% nitro/18% synthetic/castor blend oil and a gallon
of 23% nitro/20% synthetic/castor blend to my door for $60. That's a good
or better than I can do at my LHS. It will probably be a while before I get
to burn any... it's the middle of the "building season" here in upstate NY,
although I usually get out a time or two in the winter.
I was wondering if anyone had any experience or had heard anything about
this fuel.
Good flying,
desmobob
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MJKolodziej
"Robert Scott" <desm...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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nope.
Lets us know. I hate to ask but, could you go out and fly some of it to test
it for us? The 15% will do.
:)
mk
(it was 19 deg. F here in Central Texas today)
Robert Scott
"MJKolodziej" <mjmwcsKI...@htcomp.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Robert Scott" <desm...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>>I live 25 miles from the nearest LHS, which sells only Morgan Cool Power
>>and/or and Omega (very limited -if any- choice of nitro content) glow
>>fuels at high prices.
>>
>> I recently saw an advertisement for an imported product available via
>> mail order at a decent price (15% Nitro at <$20/gal. to your door). It is
>> packaged in quart bottles to avoid HAZMAT fees.
>>
>> I took delivery today of a case (the minimum order). You're allowed to
>> mix-'n'-match gallons in case-quantities of three gallons (twelve
>> quarts). I got two gallons of 15% nitro/18% synthetic/castor blend oil
>> and a gallon of 23% nitro/20% synthetic/castor blend to my door for $60.
>> That's a good or better than I can do at my LHS. It will probably be a
>> while before I get to burn any... it's the middle of the "building
>> season" here in upstate NY, although I usually get out a time or two in
>> the winter.
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone had any experience or had heard anything about
>> this fuel.
>>
>> Good flying,
>> desmobob
>
>
> nope.
> Lets us know. I hate to ask but, could you go out and fly some of it to
> test it for us? The 15% will do.
> :)
> mk
> (it was 19 deg. F here in Central Texas today)
mk,
I'd love to give you a test report this weekend but the forecast is for
similar or colder temps here. (Although here, we expect it in
mid-January... no big deal.) And I'm just finishing up a really neat little
E*Star Models PZL Wilga, so if I DID decide to brave the winter cold, I'd be
flying the new electric model!
Does anyone mail-order fuel at all? I'm always on the lookout for an
affordable source of fuel. My not-so-local hobby store caters to the indoor
carpet racer electric car guys, and my small club doesn't do a group fuel
buy.
I got in on a friend's club's group buy the year before last and picked up a
few cases of gallons. Before that I scored SEVERAL cases of Wildcat at
fantastic prices at a hobby shop in White Plains, NY when I attended the
WRAM Show (coming up soon!) some years back. I was driving a big ol' Ford
Crown Victoria land-yacht back then and I loaded her right up! I just
checked and still have a single gallon of Wildcat 15% nitro "four stroke
mix" from that purchase. I've never actually approached the LHS owner for a
quote on a quantity purchase. I probably should do that.
Good flying,
desmobob
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Robert Roland
johnmicha...@live.co.uk wrote:
>Hi, Whats the advantage of using a high nitro content in fuel?
don't need the extra power, a little nitro can make your engine easier
to start and adjust, especially in cold weather.
--
RoRo
Morgans
"Robert Roland" <fa...@ddress.no> wrote in message
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in most engines. If you have an engine designed for low nitro, and use
nitro, it can detonate, overheat and seize and burn up pistons and bad
things like that. Increased heat, like the previous poster said, makes life
easier while trying to operate in cold weather.
jim in nc