[slowhandluke]

1. I cant believe such a motor hasn't been around for years

The idea has been around. I remember looking at this in a Popular Science article sometime in the mid-60's for a high-school science report.

[Dan Evans]

The idea has been around. I remember looking at this in a Popular Science article sometime in the mid-60's for a high-school science report.

I may have read the same article. But the electric motors were conventional and he used a gas turbine engine instead of a diesel.