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

[Gordon Laco]

I'll send you some water-skis...

Actually - I am going to be on The Rock again likely toward the end of June
- I know its a long haul from your locale to Port aux Basques...

Gord #426 Surprise


On 15/03/10 3:14 PM, "Hugh McCormack" <hugh_alberg at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 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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