Electric 914s, what are the numbers? Options

[fiid]

I was talking to mueller a while ago about building turbine engines out of turbo chargers, and he said that that was basically what an aircraft APU (auxillary power unit) does.

Which gets me to wondering. I think it would be really cool to build an electric 914 that is powered by a turbine generator running on CNG.

Is this viable? With Otmar's setup this would be an interesting way to get 1000 ft lbs, but still maintain range. Plus you ought to be able to get access to Californias HOV lanes (either by running CNG or as a hybrid.

What kind of power output can you get from a small turbine generator?

[BiG bOgGs]

When talking about the efficency of the conversions from one form to another from the turbine to the wheels, the electricity from he generator would go directly to the motor except when the motor is not drawing any amps. The batteries would be a buffer, only get the leftover energy that would then be released when the generator could not meet the full draw of the motor.

So, the turbine would only need to be powerful enough to maintain cruzzzzzing speed, and the battery pack would only need to be large enough to aid in acceleration.

There are some 24v bats that are the same size as the 12v bats used now. So six bats could give you the performance (short term though it may be ) of a 144v system. If your batteries did get too low you could just stop for a moment and let the generator top them up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)