alternative fuel/stupid idea?

[Shannen Durphey]

Ron & Cathy Webb wrote:

> > You think you had a dumb idea ;}   I once used a oxy/acetylene
> > mix as the propulsion for a potato cannon. Never did find the
> > potato - or half the cannon.
>

By some strange coincidence, a couple in Duluth, MN reported their
prized poodle had been killed by an unidentified projectile,
possibly a meteorite, on that very same day.   :)

> My point - be careful. Seems to me a little engineering would go
> a long way here.
>
> > What would happen if you tried to run an engine on an
> > oxy-acetylene mix?
> > > > Instant detonation/preignition due to volatility? Or mondo
> > power?
> > > >