--- ~Corwyn <Corwyn_Talia_at_mailcity.com> wrote:
> A TURBINE that gets milage like that off of
> PROPANE?! And it can do so at 150 MPH?!
Definitly a no, but sounds fantatically good... In
theory if you get the volumetric efficiency up, it
COULD, power to weight etc give this sort of mileage,
but not if you had me anywhere near it... Definitely
no way in a reciprocating engine though. Cars in Oz
that run 'BBQ Gas' tend to get about half the mileage
of petroleum.
> If the girls can build an engine like that and make
> it fit a semi-standard motorcycle frame,
I figured that since the bike now seats four, standard
anything just wasn't in the picture...
then I
> can't understand why the little engineering masters
> aren't making a mint off of the superior brain power
> they posses. Because I for one KNOW the navy would
> pay out the rear for something like that.
Amazingly most military stuff is HORRIBLY inefficient.
I have a few friends who collect armoured vehicles,
military 4WD's, trucks etc and the domestic models
ALWAYS develop more power and use less fuel than the
mil-spec gear. To do with reliability and endurance
more than saving dollars or extreme go-fast
performance from what I've had explained to me.
> Of course, they'd be hunted down by the
> auto-manufacturers and oil barons of the world and
> either bribed hugely to keep it quiet or have a
> price on their heads.
Well after they quit modelling, it is good to know
they have a career path in a cushy office job. ;-)
> Not to mention Jim must be a brave damn idiot to
> have a four-seater bike
Have been on a 4 seat trike, yes is interesting...
I'd give it a go. Then again, if I tell someone don't
do something I wouldn't do, that doesn't leave out
much.
> taking it into a turn at 150 with four bodies on it,
Did we omit the power steering and guidance system?
Radar aiming would be nice at some of those speeds,
I'm tipping. 120mph things happen pretty quick!
>none of which with safety gear. (Not like it would
matter if you had a helmet on at that speed if you
wiped out.)
At any decent speed, unless you are wearing full
armour, it is a guaranteed nasty injury coming off a
bike. I never worry about injury at those speeds, as
dying is so much more likely... O.o
As I tried to badly spell in the other email, I have
done my share of generating 'Street Pizza', not steet
pizza as I'd mis-spelt previously. Armour rated for
120mph works well at 60mph (tested and proven!), but
at 150mph, skill, luck and prayers are about your only
saviour...
Scrapper, Black Dragon, who's wondering when we're
going to get mod-sticked over this topic. *cuts
through discussion thread - snip!*
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Received on Wed May 15 2002 - 21:24:03 CDT