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jackssmirkingrevenge
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Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:32 am
Ordinary combustion cannons use a mixture of air and fuel at atmospheric pressure. For a typical fuel like butane or propane the ratio is about 4% fuel, for example 4mL of Propane in a 100mL chamber.
In a hybrid, the mixture is under pressure, and for every bar of pressure you add, you have to add one volume of fuel.
For example in a 100mL chamber pressurised to 3 bar (45 psi), you have to add 16mL of fuel.
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igiigi
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Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:36 am
ok, but my quastion was, can i put the air with bicycle pump?
i don´t have a air ccompressor?
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igiigi
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Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:40 am
ok, what peace i have to use to stop the mix going out of the chamber as long i put air and gas in?