Re: Be careful what you ask for

On Feb 13, 4:41=A0pm, mike weber <fair****t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:56:00 +0000 (UTC), t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Tim
>
> McDaniel) wrote:
> >It appears that an air car may well be produced and sold to the public
> >in a few years.
>
> ><http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7241909.stm>
>
> Apparently what we're looking at here is, basically, a modified steam
> engine variant. =A0
>
> Strikes me that a system with a flash boiler heated by, say, a
> kerosene burner, and a condenser to reclaim all or most of the water
> would work too.
>
> You could even fit a steam design up with a smallish compressed air
> tank to get rolling while waiting for the boiler to heat up.

I'd be curious to know what the performance is like when it's upgraded
to US crash safety standards - the thing weighs under 800 lbs.
Its a 5 seater - the passengers may outweigh the car.

pt