lubricant as a fuel in a spud gun

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Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:15 am

Hi Everybody

first i want to thank you guys for helping me with my spudgun problems.
secondly I have got a question is lubricant/contact spray a good combustion fuel for a simple combustion cannon?.

thanks alot for the help.
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Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:25 am

That depends if it's pressurized with butane or propane, or some other lightweight alkane. If it is, you can use the alkane as fuel. If not, you can't.
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Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:14 pm

Well I'm confused whats contact spray? But i use carb cleaner works great , never have problems with it

Spudblaster, you still have to be careful, starting fluid an explode that what they use to start indy 500 cars but it is a great fuel, which i happen to use my self

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Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:13 pm

"Spudblaster, you still have to be careful, starting fluid an explode that what they use to start indy 500 cars but it is a great fuel, which i happen to use my self"

Spudblaster15 has a handle on what good fuel is etc...

http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/useful- ... 13096.html

Have a look at that page link posted above, it's full of good information.

Welcome to Spudfiles. :D
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Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:08 pm

OK, i see what you mean

Edit by Moderator (MrCrowley): Don't double post (i.e., do not post replies consecutively in the same topic, edit your previous post or wait for another member to reply). Why did you post two posts in a row a few minutes apart which say more or less the same thing?


I understand now
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