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RossBencinatoday at 12:07 PM1 replyview on HN

It was a mixture of ether, castor oil, and something else. He theorised that the ether was boiling off in the tank before it made it to the engine.


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antonvstoday at 12:56 PM

Ah thanks - I was imagining that perhaps the engine didn’t have high enough compression to achieve ignition.