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Flashback Friday: The Story of the Leathal Fuel Called …
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In the pits, even to this day, it’s known simply as H. Hydrazine has been around, and used as an “exciter” for nitromethane for as long as we’ve had Drag Racing. Actually, its use as a racing fuel predates even the Dry Lakes. Hydrazine is rumored to have been used by the Nazi’s as an additive in the Mercedes Formula 1 cars of the pre war era.
Hydrazine - Wikipedia
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US Air Force Film Talks About The Dangers Hydrazine
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We all know the stories about hydrazine and drag racing. The hypergolic monopropellant used in rockets was used by hot rodders in the 1960s to spice up the nitromethane they were using in their engines.
Hydrazine - Race Horse Profile RACING.COM
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All the stats, form and information about race horse - Hydrazine available at RACING.COM – The first destination for Australian Horse Racing.
Mysterious racing Fuels - Hydrazine? Green Flames? Anybody …
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Hydrazine is N2H4 in chemical composition. And yes it was used as part of liquid rocket fuel. No doubt where some enterprising drag racers learned about it. It is a reducing agent. It is also carcingenic. We used it in power plants to scavenge oxygen from the boiler water to reduce corrosion. Stuff we got was 35% in aqueous (water) solution.
Hydrazine in old-school NHRA drag racing? : cars - reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/6f0lij/hydrazine_in_oldschool_nhra_drag_racing/
F-16s use hydrazine since they only have a single engine. In the case of engine failure, they use it basically as a last resort to get the engine spinning again. It's highly toxic and it's basically rocket fuel. If an F-16 crashes first responders need to spend some time in the hospital making sure they don't have cancer. level 2 ToxDoc
Drag racing pioneers or suicidal nutjobs? - pons asinorum
https://euclidsbridge.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/drag-racing-pioneers-or-suicidal-nutjobs/
Hydrazine is also used as a low-power monopropellant for the maneuvering thrusters of spacecraft, and the space shuttle’s auxiliary power unit. I’ve been doing some entertaining reading this morning. Mostly about the early days of drag racing… and more specifically, the use of hydrazine as a fuel additive.
Hydrazine-Doomsday Fuel of the 60’s – Dover Drag Strip
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Over the years, Hydrazine would prove to be the additive to use to put one’s name on the map, to make the “1320 news” as one of the players. It would also prove to be one of the most dangerous products that one could run, and would result in the destruction of equipment, and the injury of competitors. MORE INFO AND GREAT READING HERE:
Drag Racing Story of the Day - Running with the Big H -- Hydrazine!
https://www.draglist.com/stories/SOD%20Jun%202001/SOD-062601.htm
Drag Racing Story of the Day - Running with the Big H -- Hydrazine! Drag Racing Story of the Day! Running with the Big H By Charlie Gilmore The year was 1963 and we were headed down to south Jersey to run the '32 Ford highboy roadster fuel altered at …
BangShift.com Hydrazine
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Hydrazine is rocket fuel and it was reportedly used on and off by drag racers in varying levels during the 1960s to increase performance and send parts into low Earth orbit. Some claim that Chris Karamesines used it during the disputed 200mph run at Alton, Illinois in 1960.
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