"i do not wish to see any otters harmed in your flying adventures"
First, thinking to myself, "wow, that Parker is using otter fat in his homebrew fuel...he is hardcore. Although, on another forum Jan of Viking noted that 100LL & Decalin doesn't work for his engines and now recommends Marvel Mystery Oil. The NTSB says the mystery in Marvel Mystery Oil is lard. So not too far off!" No, I knew what you meant. On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 7:29 AM Rich Parker via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > "Mixed with water".... i do not wish to see any otters harmed in your > flying adventures... > > Rich > ------------------------------ > *From:* KRnet <krnet-boun...@list.krnet.org> on behalf of Rich Parker via > KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 19, 2023 10:26:54 AM > *To:* KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > *Cc:* Rich Parker <richonther...@hotmail.com> > *Subject:* Re: KRnet> Mark's crankshafts and ethanol > > Interesting video however I don't see a lot of relevance to airplane > engines as I'm not aware of any Corvairs or other engines typically used in > home built airplanes that have variable compression other than a possible > 1% better mpg. What the video presenter does not discuss is that any > ethanol added to gasoline would be subject to the 14.7% fuel air mix your > ratio rather than the desired 9% for ethanol so essentially the ethanol is > running lean. One benefit of the ethanol being hydrophilic is that it will > mix with otter which when converted to steam expands 6000% increasing > compression inside the cylinder while also providing a desired cooling > effect. I remember researching that years before many of you were probably > born back when there was a water injection system available through the JC > Whitney catalog > > Rich > ------------------------------ > *From:* KRnet <krnet-boun...@list.krnet.org> on behalf of Steve Loebs via > KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 18, 2023 11:59:51 PM > *To:* KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > *Cc:* Steve Loebs <steve.lo...@gmail.com> > *Subject:* KRnet> Mark's crankshafts and ethanol > > Mark L, I just read your page on your crankshaft odyssey. Are you, and any > others using Corvair engines, still satisfied that a new billet crankshaft > with good fillet radii (along with the 5th bearing and prop indexing) will > eliminate the issue of broken crankshafts in Corvair aviation engines? > > This also got me thinking about a YouTube video about engine efficiency > that I watched a few days ago. Last September, Larry F, started a thread > that included the topic of ethanol. I added some info about the benefits of > ethanol and included links for those interested in the science. On other > lists I hear a common misconception that ethanol is "hydroscopic." That is > not a word and they usually mean hygroscopic. However, that is not factual, > either. Ethanol is hydrophilic. Anywho, a few days ago I watched an > interesting video on the topic as it applies to engines that many of you > may enjoy. Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_DQPLihXfo > > > > -- > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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