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- From: doctor@k9.UUCP (Paul Broe)
- Newsgroups: sci.engr
- Subject: Re: The Compressed-Air Car--Possible?
- Message-ID: <doctor.054d@k9.UUCP>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 03:07:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov9.153449.11656@bsu-ucs> 01crmeyer@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Craig Meyer) writes:
- > I'm looking into the concept of running an automobile off of compressed air.
- >
- > 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.
- >
- > Is that at all possible?
- >
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- I can think of one fairly big problem. If this high pressure tank is damaged
- badly enough such as in a collision, the resulting explosion would be rather
- dangerous.
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