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Re: Gas turbine/electric hybrid?
Backyard Mechanic wrote:
> Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
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> > Lack of fuel economy and pick-up was the principle operational
> > deficiency of pure turbine power. Might not this be solved by using a
> > gas turbine intermittently to charge a battery which then drives an
> > electric propulsion motor?
> >
>
> There are better options under development... one being the CAM-Vane engine
> which developes a lot of power in a little space, runs on diesel without
> sounding like one and is pretty light weight for power produced, thus is
> economical...{being developed for unmanned drone aircraft} no word on the
> pollution aspects, but I'd guess they're no worse that a wankel.
Anything developed for, or primarily intended for sale to the DOD is
going to be so overpriced due to contractor spoilage as to not be worth
considering.
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