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Old 05-11-2008, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Jetijs View Post
Here is a quick update about the aluminum in KOH solution:
YouTube - aluminum in KOH solution video2
As you can see, after 5 days there is still a gas production going on. The aluminum piece has became smaller. The reaction has also became less intense, that might indicate that the KOH is also consumed in this reaction. You can see all that black gunk on the bottom of the jar, that is aluminum oxide.
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Jetijs
I'd just like to sign in at this point and offer everyone my support and utmost encouragement, now that things appear to have settled down a little.

You Gentlemen are going beyond! I've sat back, edge of seat, and anxiously awaited the next installment, and I've never been disappointed.

I feel you fellows are breaking ground faster than anyone else, and given this "open" style forum, advances are always being realised, and shared, and seemingly advancing much faster than what could be expected in the usual "realm" of developments.

I'd love to hop in, but you fellows are way advanced on me at this point, and I dare say, I could never hope to catch up from here.

My only contribution at this point could be this:

I strongly feel, that attaining, adequate "firing" of the combustibles is failing at this point. I still feel that the advances are perhaps beyond where they should be, given that we still can't "fire" the stuff as well as we could, and indeed should.

While I realise the "Firestorm" plug concept is still awaiting further development, with regard to it's "ceramics", perhaps the Brisk plug could, and verily should, be regarded as at least the next best concept plug, to "test" at this point.

My reasoning here is this, we are seeing baseline tests being conducted with a far less than adequate ignition system, and while the results are very exciting, they are nevertheless, well below what could, and should be achievable at this point.

I strongly feel the "gains" here are offset by the "losses", in the poor ignitions we are getting inside the combustion chamber, due to the substandard ignitions on offer.

I'm not trying to dampen the spirit here, but perhaps while these other more advanced fellows are leaping ahead here with the combustibles, others could be backing them up, by looking at more efficient ways of "firing" the juice they produce.

I apologise if my frankness offends, but it seems to me, that we are getting a little bit ahead of ourselves here. I've sat back and watched too, in veritable awe, when I could have been doing "something" to help.

It's ok to sit back in awe, but there are people here who could be moving forward in other areas, which can aid the advancements of these more advanced few.

I have a pressure chamber arriving here sometime next week, hopefully suitable for testing all different types of spark plugs, and I plan to get down to it, looking at ways to "fire" this stuff, with a whole range of plugs.

I trust there are people out there with ideas, who may like to offer advices on modifications, etc, that could see us "catch up" to the point where we can offer these "fuel" chaps a system that will, fully realise they're efforts.

We shouldn't sit back and wait for the plug developers to catch up, they are verily stymying the advances.

We can't have the "best" plugs just yet, but we can have "next best".

I strongly feel that we should be burning as much as we can now, in a given combustion chamber, before we start "throwing another log on the fire".

Just a thought....
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