[Public-List] Alternative motors (was... the V2 aboard)

dan walker dsailormon at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 15 13:42:26 PDT 2010


you need to try some tennessee sipping whiskey and stay away from that other stuff. oh, and stick with the wind for propulsion too

--- On Mon, 3/15/10, John Birch <Sunstone at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> From: John Birch <Sunstone at cogeco.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Alternative motors (was... the V2 aboard)
> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 4:00 PM
> Hey Hugh,
> 
> Manganese Dioxide was used as catalyst bonded to SS screen,
> so you don't have to replace it. Though Platinum is superior
> (we didn't have any and figured a family heirloom going to
> the cause might be frowned upon)
> 
> We ah, ahem, borrowed the Peroxide - believe it was better
> than 80% pure and one had to handle it very carefully - hair
> stuff is 2-5% H2O2.
> 
> We used pure Ethel and I must admit some of it did get
> filtered through our kidneys afterwards as consolation
> 
> And do remember, in the end, it did blow up ; )
> 
> Quite spectacularly actually.
> 
> But then, if it were a green govt funding program,
> something blowing up wouldn't necessarily have to be a deal
> breaker - not necessarily.
> 
> Just needs a bit of tweaking and just a bit more funding
> .... and .... $30 billion later .... ; )
> 
> 
> Think a working V2 engine on an Alberg might be considered
> a rule breaker though
> 
> Best
> 
> John
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh McCormack" <hugh_alberg at hotmail.com>
> To: <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 3:14 PM
> Subject: [Public-List] Alternative motors (was... the V2
> aboard)
> 
> 
> > 
> > Hi John,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Now you've got me thinking... I wonder if there is
> some way of harnessing this technology into a boat
> motor?  Alcohol is plentiful here in Nfld (especially
> the stuff that gets "imported" from St-Pierre and Miquelon),
> we have a lot of trained hairdressers as a result of the Cod
> moratorium so peroxide is also plentiful, manganese might be
> a problem but I'm sure one that is solveable and I was
> looking at some galvanized pipe the other day. Looks to me
> as if all the bases are covered.  What would you want
> for
> > a consultant's fee to make it happen?  I could
> pitch it to ACOA for funding.
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hugh
> > 
> > 
> >> From: Sunstone at cogeco.ca
> >> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
> >> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:16:46 -0400
> >> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Propane bottles and the
> V2 aboard
> >> 
> > ...
> >> 
> >> When I was 16 or 17, my mates and I used to
> experiment with rockets and
> >> rocket fuels - got quite good at it. Even made up
> V-2 Rocket Fuel using
> >> manganese as a catalyst, H2O2 and Alcohol - hey I
> didn't have access to a
> >> ready supply of platinum as a catalyst.
> >> 
> >> We spent most of a semester at high school
> building a 7' long liquid fueled
> >> rocket. Spent ages in the machine shop
> surreptitiously making an aluminum
> >> engine and bell.
> >> 
> > 
> >
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