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post Jan 25 2012, 07:57 PM
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post Jan 25 2012, 08:01 PM
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Does it sound like an impact wrench when it drives away. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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post Jan 25 2012, 08:08 PM
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Well now, that opens up all of the old jokes about powering a car with someone's hot air &/or noxious emissions! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Actually - if the estimates of performance are accurate, & if it can power a larger vehicle & the tanks can be scaled up for longer trips, it may be a better alternative than either EVs or hydrogen fuel cells vehicles with a quick tank refill & easy home "refilling/recharging"! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
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post Jan 25 2012, 08:08 PM
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Wow. That's scary. What would happen if the car got hit and ruptured the tank of compressed air at over 4000psi. I imagine a quick 1 second ride to 100mph (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)
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post Jan 25 2012, 08:28 PM
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QUOTE(BMITCHELL @ Jan 25 2012, 09:08 PM) *

Wow. That's scary. What would happen if the car got hit and ruptured the tank of compressed air at over 4000psi. I imagine a quick 1 second ride to 100mph (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)


I included this car in a research project I was working on. Truly amazing. If you like in a high-density/urban area, it would be perfect. They're light, and almost completely gutted on the inside, but very functional. Kinda sounds like a real quiet 2-stroke boat motor idling. And the tanks run underneath the car, along the centerline. Doubt it would be anymore dangerous than driving a friggin H2 anywhere... or being anywhere near an H2 for that matter.
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post Jan 25 2012, 08:48 PM
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Being a scuba diver who was taught about the dangers of breaking off top of the tank piece which connects to the regulator - and hearing about tanks flying city blocks which were dropped - that car sounds a little scary. But it could be an exhilerating death.
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post Jan 25 2012, 09:12 PM
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And with 0 to -30C exhaust temps I see A/C as a byproduct; just as heat is a free byproduct from combustion engines.
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post Jan 25 2012, 10:11 PM
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This "air car" concept was discussed about 5 years ago with much more normal looking vehicles. They, at the time (whatever company) were seeking areas to "micro manufacture" and no one stepped up to the plate.

I thought Weed CA or Dunsmuir CA would be ideal .. both on major rail lines, both on I-5 and halfway between Portland and San Fran, both hot beds of tree hugging (I say that in a positive way).

But, alas, nothing came of it.
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post Jan 25 2012, 10:12 PM
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http://www.gizmag.com/compressed-air-car-s...h-in-2010/8896/

That is the previous story.
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post Jan 25 2012, 10:40 PM
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I like the concept but hate the look of that thing. 4000+ PSI (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)
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post Jan 25 2012, 10:42 PM
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Hmmm lets see. Small mini bike. Small S C U B A botttle. Pneumatic drill. First stage of a 2 stage S C U B A regulator (about 120 psi). Sounds like a great project. OK. Where's my pencil?
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post Jan 25 2012, 11:15 PM
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QUOTE(Elliot Cannon @ Jan 25 2012, 10:42 PM) *

Hmmm lets see. Small mini bike. Small S C U B A botttle. Pneumatic drill. First stage of a 2 stage S C U B A regulator (about 120 psi). Sounds like a great project. OK. Where's my pencil?


Posts like this are why I love this club!
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post Jan 25 2012, 11:29 PM
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Even more fun, there was a version that used freon. I wonder what that would have done for global warming?

http://books.google.com/books?id=5gxIBYlCh...car&f=false

Here's another good one -
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1951...;pg=2820,129205
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post Jan 28 2012, 04:42 PM
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I have seen compressed air powered forklifts ans heard of prototypes for cars. Makes sense. Kids toys have been doing it for 100 years or so.

If they can make the range work, I don't see how this would be any more dangerous then hydrogen power or even conventional gas tanks.
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post Jan 28 2012, 07:25 PM
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I have seen compressed air powered forklifts ans heard of prototypes for cars. Makes sense. Kids toys have been doing it for 100 years or so.

If they can make the range work, I don't see how this would be any more dangerous then hydrogen power or even conventional gas tanks.


Seriuosly they need to change the Name of the Company and the Car, cause all I keep thinking about is Breasts and Pussy.
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post Jan 29 2012, 12:24 AM
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QUOTE(struckn @ Jan 28 2012, 05:25 PM) *

Seriuosly they need to change the Name of the Company and the Car, cause all I keep thinking about is Breasts and Pussy.


The TATA brand is huge in India -- they make everything from buses to trucks to little cars. I saw 'em crawling all over Delhi and Ahmedabad. In fact, their $2500 car scares the bejesus belt offa me; if that thing can indeed become commercially viable, say goodbye to cheap (relatively speaking!) gasoline as it will make car ownership possible for many of the billion or so Indians that live on our planet. I really enjoyed my brief stay in India, but I cannot imagine worse traffic or air quality than I experienced there...
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