Cool power substitute?

[Harry Spillett]

As cool power seems harder and harder to get hold of in the UK is their a
good substitute I can use in my raptor? I currently run 10% nitro and this
seems to work just fine for me, I just cant seem to buy it any where!

Harry

[Tim]

Harry Spillett wrote:
> As cool power seems harder and harder to get hold of in the UK is
> their a good substitute I can use in my raptor? I currently run 10%
> nitro and this seems to work just fine for me, I just cant seem to
> buy it any where!
>
> Harry

Harry, I too have a Raptor - mine is a 30V2 with TT39 Pro-H engine.

I used Coolpower 10% at first but now use Bekra 10% by Model Technics as my
local shop stopped selling Coolpower. At first this appears to cost slightly
more (I pay about £17 a gallon), but you get an imperial gallon rather than
a US one...

Works fine for me.

Tim


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[Wilbur Wilburforce]

Wildcat also seems fine to me, and a better price too!


Will

[Courseyauto]

Just about anything is a good substitute for coolpower 15%.........

[Paul McIntosh]

Get hold of Southern Modelcraft. They have several blends for helis and
will make just about anything you want. I use their 20/20 in a variety of
engines (ML70 oil) with no problems. If you pick it up from them at their
shop or at the shows you can get great prices! The 20/20 I get is very
similar to Powermaster in the US.

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"Harry Spillett" <harry.spillett@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> As cool power seems harder and harder to get hold of in the UK is their a
> good substitute I can use in my raptor? I currently run 10% nitro and this
> seems to work just fine for me, I just cant seem to buy it any where!
>
> Harry
>
>

[Beav]

"Courseyauto" <courseyauto@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Just about anything is a good substitute for coolpower 15%.........

Yeah, but what about 10%?


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[Harry Spillett]

> Harry, I too have a Raptor - mine is a 30V2 with TT39 Pro-H engine.
>
> I used Coolpower 10% at first but now use Bekra 10% by Model Technics as
my
> local shop stopped selling Coolpower. At first this appears to cost
slightly
> more (I pay about £17 a gallon), but you get an imperial gallon rather
than
> a US one...
>
> Works fine for me.
>
> Tim

Yep, this is what I have been offered by my model shop to try. It seems to
foam a lot more readily than cool power did but I will give it a try in the
heli tomorrow. Like you say, at least you get "proper" gallon!

H

[Courseyauto]

"Courseyauto" <courseyauto@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Just about anything is a good substitute for coolpower 15%.........

Yeah, but what about 10%?


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Beav

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Just about anything is a good substitute for 10% coolpower, just about
anything is a ggod substitute for 5% coolpower,come to think of it anything is
a good substitute for any blend of
coolpower......................................... ...

[Harry Spillett]

> Just about anything is a good substitute for 10% coolpower, just about
> anything is a ggod substitute for 5% coolpower,come to think of it
anything is
> a good substitute for any blend of
> coolpower......................................... ...

What is it people dislike about coolpower? I have found it fine in my raptor
with the OS engine, I have nothing to compare it against but it certainly
seems consistent and clean.

H

[Peter Christy]

Harry Spillett wrote:

> What is it people dislike about coolpower? I have found it fine in my raptor
> with the OS engine, I have nothing to compare it against but it certainly
> seems consistent and clean.

Not enough oil! 'course, that's why its clean ;-)

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[Tim]

Harry Spillett wrote:
>> Harry, I too have a Raptor - mine is a 30V2 with TT39 Pro-H engine.
>>
>> I used Coolpower 10% at first but now use Bekra 10% by Model
>> Technics as my local shop stopped selling Coolpower. At first this
>> appears to cost slightly more (I pay about £17 a gallon), but you
>> get an imperial gallon rather than a US one...
>>
>> Works fine for me.
>>
>> Tim
>
> Yep, this is what I have been offered by my model shop to try. It
> seems to foam a lot more readily than cool power did but I will give
> it a try in the heli tomorrow. Like you say, at least you get
> "proper" gallon!
>
> H

I haven't had any problems with the fuel foaming - I wonder if you've got
something out of balance, leading to excessive vibrations?

The thing I will say about Bekra is that it smells very soapy...

Tim


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[Harry Spillett]

> I haven't had any problems with the fuel foaming - I wonder if you've got
> something out of balance, leading to excessive vibrations?
>
> The thing I will say about Bekra is that it smells very soapy...
>
> Tim

Thanks Tim,

i havent tried it in the model yet i just gave the bottle a good shake to
see what happened, its like bubble bath! i will reserve judgement until i
have put it through the engine. Its blowing a gale here today so i think i
will burn a few "virtual gallons" on the sim!

H

[david]

Bekra 10%. Smells soapy because it contain a detergent.

Great stuff, stings your eyes though if you stand in the smoke plume.

D

[Barry]

How much oil do they put in the bekra ?
I have just gone over to bekra from coolpower !
Barry
"david" <david_perry@btconnect.com> wrote in message
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> Bekra 10%. Smells soapy because it contain a detergent.
>
> Great stuff, stings your eyes though if you stand in the smoke plume.
>
> D
>
>

[Paul McIntosh]

Since you have nothing to compare it against, you wouldn;t know how much
better a great fuel can run. One problem with Cool Power is the low oil
content. Heli engines live and die by cooling and low oil content takes
away a lot of the safety margin.

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"Harry Spillett" <harry.spillett@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> > Just about anything is a good substitute for 10% coolpower, just about
> > anything is a ggod substitute for 5% coolpower,come to think of it
> anything is
> > a good substitute for any blend of
> > coolpower......................................... ...
>
> What is it people dislike about coolpower? I have found it fine in my
raptor
> with the OS engine, I have nothing to compare it against but it certainly
> seems consistent and clean.
>
> H
>
>

[Mike Henderson]

"Paul McIntosh" <paul@mcintoshcentral.com> wrote in message
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> Since you have nothing to compare it against, you wouldn;t know how much
> better a great fuel can run. One problem with Cool Power is the low oil
> content. Heli engines live and die by cooling and low oil content takes
> away a lot of the safety margin.

Is there a website for Coolpower that lists the content %'s of their various
mixes?

Mike

[Paul McIntosh]

No. That is a carefully guarded secret. Some people have done the evap
test and found 12% or less.

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"Mike Henderson" <home@mikehenderson.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Paul McIntosh" <paul@mcintoshcentral.com> wrote in message
> news:c3ihf8$c4g$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> > Since you have nothing to compare it against, you wouldn;t know how much
> > better a great fuel can run. One problem with Cool Power is the low oil
> > content. Heli engines live and die by cooling and low oil content takes
> > away a lot of the safety margin.
>
> Is there a website for Coolpower that lists the content %'s of their
various
> mixes?
>
> Mike
>
>
>