Re: [DMCForum] turbine engines [was: Video]

["Andrei Cular" <acular@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That was a long time ago.  Today you the efficiency of the turbines is
much
much better.  Engineers have also developed transmissions that would allow
the turbine to stay and a set RPM where it is most efficient.

That site says that it was the US Govt. that killed the project, not
totally
true.  The biggest factor in killing the project was all the
misconceptions
that the public had.  Howmany people even know how a turbine engine works?
When the general public hears jet turbine they think of airplanes where
you
are moving a very large amount of air.  Yes a turbine does need more air
than an equivalent piston engine, but you do not have to use the air to
provide thrust.

Take a look at some of the stuff these guys at nye thermodynamics have
done
http://www.gas-turbines.com/




Andrei



----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrar Hudkins" <fhudkins@xxxxxxx>
To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 12:40 PM
Subject: [DMCForum] turbine engines [was: Video]


> Quite correct. Here's a link to much more information if you're so
inclined. It
> includes a history of Chrysler's turbine engines, photos of a turbine
Dart, and
> a cutaway view of Chrysler's "twin-regenerator gas turbine". Also some
> interesting specs for the 1960s, including 130hp @1600rpm, and 425
ft/lbs
of
> torque at zero.
>
> http://www.allpar.com/mopar/turbine.html
>
> Too bad Chrysler had to sell in 1979 to get out from under. :(
>
> - Farrar (Mopar and DeLorean fan) in New Orleans
>
> timnagin wrote:
>
> > If memory serves, Chrysler experimented back in the sixties with a few
> > turbine powered cars.
>
> --
> www.wwno.org
> 504-280-7000




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