Pretty cool looking.........
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2 posted on
10/25/2006 7:14:43 AM PDT by
Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Seal issues. Think Wankel.
To: Red Badger
That compressor doesn't look very efficient.
5 posted on
10/25/2006 7:16:38 AM PDT by
lesser_satan
(EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
To: Red Badger
It's actually not all that dissimilar from a rotary engine that Mazda RX-7s and RX-8s have.
7 posted on
10/25/2006 7:17:53 AM PDT by
JamesP81
(The answer always lies with more freedom; not less)
To: Red Badger
Look promising, of course the proof is in the pudding. They need a working prototype, and need to prove its efficiency in typical automotive use, plus it has to have similar longevity compared to todays piston engine. I wish them the best.
11 posted on
10/25/2006 7:29:00 AM PDT by
Paradox
(American Conservatives: Keeping the world safe for Liberalism.)
To: Red Badger
This is a standard turbine engine with a positive displacement compressor and turbine instead of centrifugal. The heat recuperator is nothing new either. Actually, I have often wondered why there hasn't been more development in this technology before.
12 posted on
10/25/2006 7:30:29 AM PDT by
Lekker 1
(("...the world will be...eleven degrees colder by the year 2000" -- K. Watt, Earth Day, 1970)
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To: Red Badger
14 posted on
10/25/2006 7:32:51 AM PDT by
isthisnickcool
(The City Council of Houston Texas is made up mostly of retards.)
To: Red Badger
Um...
If it's in production why isn't anyone using it?
If it's in development why would they broadcast their invention before production?
15 posted on
10/25/2006 7:32:53 AM PDT by
HarleyD
("Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures" Luk 24:45)
To: Red Badger
Looks to me like one of those jet engines you make from an old automobile turbocharger. Just hook a drive shaft up to it...
18 posted on
10/25/2006 7:40:09 AM PDT by
Bon mots
To: Red Badger
What's the bid geal with 100mpg? My mother drives a diesel Citroen C1 which does 83mpg at a steady 56mph. On gentle runs she's got nearly 90mpg. . . . .
To: Red Badger
Isnt this pretty much a turbine engine? Chrysler tried that once and failed.
21 posted on
10/25/2006 7:54:16 AM PDT by
sgtbono2002
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: Red Badger
24 posted on
10/25/2006 8:18:42 AM PDT by
mysterio
To: Red Badger
There is no reason why transportation to anywhere on earth and back should have to consume any energy at all. Get to work on the friction thing.
28 posted on
10/25/2006 8:57:12 AM PDT by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: Red Badger
Winkle, winkle, little wankle. Whats all of those RPMs you'll crankle.
To: Red Badger
Honda has a diesel Accord that can reach 90+mpg.....
http://www.carpages.co.uk/honda/honda_diesel_sets_new_world_records_12_05_04.asp
To: Red Badger
One of the problems that Turbine engines had was low end torque was very poor.
I often thought if they had an electric motor to get it up to speed, the turbine could take over/"join in"...and there is NO reason the turbine couldn't supply the charging of batteries. I thought this in the 70s well before they had the battery charging tied to the wheels and braking.
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45 posted on
10/25/2006 10:52:40 AM PDT by
sully777
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