Dave Williams wrote:
Alan Petrillo wrote:
Nitromethane is an explosive. It can also be used as monopropellant
rocket fuel. As one guy put it You can put your cigarette out in it,
but if you hit it with a hammer it'll explode. Top fuelers mix it with
methanol to dilute it down to their
Alan Petrillo wrote:
Nitromethane is an explosive. It can also be used as monopropellant
rocket fuel. As one guy put it You can put your cigarette out in it,
but if you hit it with a hammer it'll explode. Top fuelers mix it with
methanol to dilute it down to their desired power level
spriggsbororon wrote:
Back in the 1960's, I attended a few drag races (1/4 mile event) at
the drag strip. The fuelers used 'nitro'. When I would get a pit pass
and walk by the rails and funny cars, the odor would clean out my
nostrils (Whew!). When I asked various non-racing people
x-charset ISO-8859-1Back in the 1960's, I attended a few drag races (1/4 mile
event) at
the drag strip. The fuelers used 'nitro'. When I would get a pit pass
and walk by the rails and funny cars, the odor would clean out my
nostrils (Whew!). When I asked various non-racing people afterwards
