Jet fuel didnt melt the steel beams at the failed space x launch (youtube.com)
submitted 8.6 years ago by GIF-lLL-S0NG
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oedipusaurus_rex 8.6 years ago
Jet fuel is basically diesel. Rocket fuel is liquid oxygen mixed with hydrogen usually.
pitenius 8.6 years ago
Nooo... Jet fuel is OFTEN kerosene, sometimes naphtha. Diesel at FL30 is pretty cloggy!
i was under the impression that JP-5 was basically diesel.
GIF-lLL-S0NG 8.6 years ago
again, as i stated, according to the specs, it is RP1/LOX powered.
Might be? I've never experienced anything but Jet-A and Jet-B. Given my experiences with diesel fuel at 20 below, I'll let you fly with it. I'm sticking with smaller molecules.
RP-1 is almost pure kerosene.
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oedipusaurus_rex ago
Jet fuel is basically diesel. Rocket fuel is liquid oxygen mixed with hydrogen usually.
pitenius ago
Nooo... Jet fuel is OFTEN kerosene, sometimes naphtha. Diesel at FL30 is pretty cloggy!
oedipusaurus_rex ago
i was under the impression that JP-5 was basically diesel.
GIF-lLL-S0NG ago
again, as i stated, according to the specs, it is RP1/LOX powered.
pitenius ago
Might be? I've never experienced anything but Jet-A and Jet-B. Given my experiences with diesel fuel at 20 below, I'll let you fly with it. I'm sticking with smaller molecules.
GIF-lLL-S0NG ago
RP-1 is almost pure kerosene.