Posted on 05/13/2008 7:50:28 AM PDT by Dead Dog
Does not have an affinity for water
Costs half that of 100LL to produce..with components orderd from commercial venders..ie...no economy of scale Better lubricity than avgas and Jet A
http://www.avweb.com/podcast/files/2008-05-12.mp3
http://www.swiftenterprises.net/Swift%20Fuel.html
And...it ain’t AGE85.
Thought this would be interesting for those folks paying $6.00 a gallon.
The Avweb interview in post1 is better than the text.
So why isn't the guy a billionaire? I'll believe it when I see it.
It’s a pretty recent program. They are just starting to build a research plant to develop processes.
The best thing is they aren’t out chasing grants...check out the avweb podcast. These guys talk like conservatives.
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Well, Rusek is real, his company’s real and he is at Purdue and he’s been there for a while so it’s not an obvious scam. The only thing I see against it is that his publications seem to be about hydrogen peroxide fueled systems, but he might very well have kept this other stuff close to his chest.
Important if true, not obviously untrue.
Alright man, you were around when I drank the AGE85 coolade
I certainly wish them much success! I honestly hope the guy makes billions! I'm just always skeptical when I hear people saying that they can achieve a 50% cut in costs for any product.
I would expect that their process uses H2O2 as a catalyst or reagent.
I hear yah. It’s a healthy skepticism. If they were on some federal grant..I’d assume they were hucksters.
Wait till the first pilot tries to take advantage of the range boost. Can you say “Touch and go...”?
However, there is an alternative....
ping for later.
Aviation ping
He will be just as soon as you and about 5,000 other suck.. investors send him $200,000 apiece.
If any are interested, google Purdue Research Park. Part of what I found is this:
John Rusek
“John Rusek, Swift’s founder and chief engineer, and an adjunct professor in Purdue University’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Swift also holds patents involving highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide as it relates to propulsion.
With a $172,000 grant from the Indiana 21st Century Research and Technology Fund, the Ruseks founded Swift Enterprises in 2001 and began obtaining federal research grants, including a Pentagon research contract for an experimental fuel cell able to power missiles sent into space to hunt down incoming ballistic missiles. Since then the company has filed applications for eight hydrogen peroxide-related patents and presently employs seven technologists.”
This is taken from a Purdue Research Park website. This fellow is NOT some La Jolla venture capitalist selling algae farms in the Arizona desert.
Irrespective of this guy’s claims, if there is no lead, then we are going to need a lead substitute additive or retrofit the engines to work without lead.
>Lead? What for.
Do you always answer your own questions and then act as if you just didn’t?
>It is an OWT that it helps cool or lube the exhaust valves
The auto industry had this problem back in the 70s when it had to re engineer those same valves and seats.
Still does.
Some aircraft engines are allowed the FAA approved Mogas conversion with the proper STC.
Almost all of them are not so allowed.
What will we do with them?
I wonder how this new fuel would affect fuel lines, O rings and the like.
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