To: ovrtaxt
I took some time looking this over. I am a former hot rodder and I must say this thing looks promising. I would love to see it in action and also observe the intricacies of the cutaway model. The dyno test of a prototype made a lot of smoke but that can probably be corrected...emissions you know. I bet we see these things in an auto in the very near future...say <5 years, absent any significant show stopper. I really would like to get information about component durability and road test data. The ability to extract significant energy from compressed air is also quite interesting.
127 posted on
05/21/2006 6:29:18 PM PDT by
Nuc1
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To: Nuc1
There's a flash movie on the site, and in their forum, there are pretty lengthy discussions about the internal mechanisms of the engine. One thing that's interesting- the torque curve is so broad, no flywheel is needed- in fact, you may not need a transmission at all.
I'd like to see an AWD car with one of these things at each wheel.
131 posted on
05/21/2006 6:33:24 PM PDT by
ovrtaxt
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To: Nuc1
This engine is small enough to put in a motorcycle. The real question is power band and low end torque, which is pretty hard to get without mass, but who knows, lets see it in application. My vote is to sling it onto a Harley Chasis and tranny and lets see it work in application!
138 posted on
05/21/2006 6:41:10 PM PDT by
Candor7
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