X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net ([204.127.202.56] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.4) with ESMTP id 981986 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:09:12 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.202.56; envelope-from=kenpowell@comcast.net Received: from 204.127.205.144 ([204.127.205.144]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with SMTP id <200506021408260120010fdse>; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 14:08:26 +0000 Received: from [68.51.45.41] by 204.127.205.144; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:08:25 +0000 From: kenpowell@comcast.net To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: PL list Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:08:25 +0000 Message-Id: <060220051408.21649.429F12D8000E5A9100005491220073484004040A99019F020A05@comcast.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Dec 17 2004) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VucG93ZWxsQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_21649_1117721305_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_21649_1117721305_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Marc, I got dropped about 3 weeks ago and had to resubscribe. Ken Powell Bryant, Arkansas 501-847-4721 RV-4 -------------- Original message -------------- > 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 --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_21649_1117721305_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Marc, I got dropped about 3 weeks ago and had to resubscribe.

Ken Powell
Bryant, Arkansas
501-847-4721
RV-4

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> 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

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