X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [216.52.245.18] (HELO ispwestemail2.mdeinc.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.4) with ESMTP id 981961 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 09:46:09 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.52.245.18; envelope-from=wschertz@ispwest.com Received: from 7n7z201 (unverified [63.13.186.81]) by ispwestemail2.mdeinc.com (Vircom SMTPRS 4.1.361.20) with SMTP id for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 06:45:18 -0700 Message-ID: <000f01c56779$49348690$6401a8c0@7n7z201> From: "William" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Electric Turbo Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 08:45:06 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Marc, I think Paul Lamar changed email programs, and not all the names got transferred across. I had to send him a message to get back on the list. Bill Schertz KIS Cruiser # 4045 ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 8:09 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Electric Turbo > Mazda already has a hydrogen powered rx8 with an electric turbocharger. > They had it on their website and Paul Larmar posted pictures of it. > BTW, what happened to Paul Larmar's email list? Is it shut down > permanently? > Marc Wiese >> >> From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> >> Date: 2005/06/02 Thu AM 09:01:46 EDT >> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" >> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Electric Turbo >> >> Would it be possible to build an electric turbo that could just be >> switched >> on when needed? Would you need to vary the speed with the throttle or >> could >> it just blow full force? Or would this idea simply take to much horse >> power >> for an electric motor to handle? >> >> Hi Denny, >> >> There are a number of companies selling electric superchargers, but most >> of >> these will require some imagination to see any actual results. There is >> one >> I've seen, called the eRAM that looks like it could possibly do some >> good, >> however, it also pulls 57 amps !!!! Eventually, when battery and motor >> technology advances a bit, perhaps we'll see a day where these things >> might >> work for us, but I don't think we're quite there yet. >> >> Anyone who saw the movie Mad Max saw the supercharger with an electric >> clutch that could be turned on and off. It's my understanding that was >> just >> something they did for effect in the movie, but I have wondered if it >> wouldn't be possible to do something like that with a centrifugal >> supercharger and bypass valve. It's probably not worth the extra weight >> and >> effort though. >> >> Cheers, >> Rusty >> Mazda 13B rotary powered RV-3 (flying) >> Kolb Slingshot (Mazda single rotor project) >> Sonerai-IIL ( just won't go away ) >> >> > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html