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- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 14:05:24 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 5 Apr 2023, Uwe Klein wrote:
How do the plant oils (rape, sunflower, ..) stand as liquid propellants?
Probably not wonderful but could be okay. Some of the more heat-resistant
ones might even be okay for regen cooling. Rudolf Diesel sometimes ran
his prototype piston engines on peanut oil. Don't know that anybody's
actually tried it in a rocket.
Henry
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