Active Nitrous Systems

The use of nitrous oxide (n2o) as a performance enhancement has been traced back to World War 2, where it was employed to give allied aircraft emergency boosts in both airspeed and altitude capabilities. However with the advent of jet propulsion at the end of ww11 the governments interest in piston-powered aircraft waned, and for the most part, nitrous r&d was shelved.There were sporadic attempts