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- From: ledwards@leland.Stanford.EDU (Laurence James Edwards)
- Subject: Re: More External-Combustion Info
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.094439.8689@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <1992Nov13.125119.11873@bsu-ucs> <1e1eilINNbfb@gap.caltech.edu> <69578@cup.portal.com> <1992Nov16.215307.11973@bsu-ucs>,<1992Nov17.071642.22601@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1ebhauINNm1l@gap.caltech.edu> <1992Nov17.205320.3112@leland.Stanford.EDU> <10623@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 09:44:39 GMT
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- In article <10623@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>, mwilson@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Mark Wilson) writes:
- |> In <1992Nov17.205320.3112@leland.Stanford.EDU> ledwards@leland.Stanford.EDU (Laurence James Edwards) writes:
- |>
- |> |>It doesn't ... I didn't say it did. I was just suggesting using an electric
- |> |>motor to *move* the car (not generate heat) until the steam engine could take
- |> |>over -- i.e. steam/electric hybrid. Since apparently the electric motor would
- |> |>only be needed for 30 secs I would think the battery requirements would be
- |> |>pretty small.
- |>
- |> The battery may be small, but if you hope to get any speed during those
- |> 30 seconds, the electric motor will have to be massive. Then you will have
- |> to haul around that dead weight after the steam engine gets up to heat.
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- Probably true. I guess it would make more sense just to try and retain the
- heat overnight.
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- Larry Edwards
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