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- From: 01crmeyer@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Craig Meyer)
- Newsgroups: sci.engr
- Subject: The Compressed-Air Car--Possible?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.153449.11656@bsu-ucs>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 20:34:49 GMT
- Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's
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- I'm looking into the concept of running an automobile off of compressed air.
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- According to my calculations (based on a Gast airmotor catalogue), such a
- vehicle would require an air tank able to hold 100,000 psi of air.
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- Is that at all possible?
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- Thanks for your help,
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- CM
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- Craig Meyer 01CRMEYER@LEO.BSUVC.BSU.EDU
- Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humaities.
- Muncie, IN 47306 317-285-7433
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- Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not necessarily
- shared by the Indiana Academy.
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