Smoke liquids

[Andre Meylan]

On our models in the various videos, I have always seen white smoke and that is not really near reality ... is there any dirty heavy dark grey smoke liquid available or can be mixed by some of our chemistry experts here? Cheers, Andre

[Christoffer Ahlfors]

No. There is no way to produce anything but white smoke, unless something is burning for real. It is, however, possible to blow soot out the exhaust, but you can imagine the downside...

[Adrian Harris]

I remember years ago someone mentioned putting black food colouring into the oil to make the smoke black, but they found that once it came out of the exhaust it made everything black

Adrian.

[Gerhard Michel]

Hi guys,

dark 'smoke' can IMHO be produced by emitting someting as black laser printer toner or coal dust, but never by vaporizing a liquid.

[Gary Richardson]

Hi guys,

dark 'smoke' can IMHO be produced by emitting someting as black laser printer toner or coal dust, but never by vaporizing a liquid.

Hi Gerhard

I would not use laser toner as from what I remember the cartridges had some severe warning labels about possible health hazards.

Regards
Gary

[Gerhard Michel]

Hi Gary,

your hint is absolutely correct, and I would never use toner for 'smoke'. But some guys do....

[Derek Attree]

Hi Guys
I have a friend who is good at getting magic blue smoke out of speed controllers .
It doesn't last long though

Regards Derek

[Jerry Carducci]

Can't imagine what toner particles would do to any heater elements in a smoker- nothing good I'd imagine.

Jerry

[Gerhard Michel]

Hi Jerry,

I asked a guy who worked with toner. He used no heat but a simple fan to blow out an certain amount of toner that was seperated by a servo before, only when accelerating the tank. The coal dust solution worked in a similar manner.

[Jerry Carducci]

Seems like you could dye cornstarch powder black or perhaps even heat it until dark brown and use that- possibly more environmentally sound.

jerry