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David Williams
-> In 1932, J.M. Custer of Piggott, Arkansas had an idea for a car that
-> would run on compressed air. He not only built the car, but it
-> actually ran. He used an engine that resembled a radial airplane motor
-> in appearance. It was mounted upright in the same space occupied by
-> gasoline motors in standard cars. Four tanks filled with compressed
-> air powered the car 500 miles at a speed of 35 miles an hour.
Poppycock! 500 *metres* or yards, maybe. Not 500 miles.
There simply isn't much energy in compressed air.
The Tata car company in India has been experimenting with this idea. So
far, nothing has come of it.
dow
-> would run on compressed air. He not only built the car, but it
-> actually ran. He used an engine that resembled a radial airplane motor
-> in appearance. It was mounted upright in the same space occupied by
-> gasoline motors in standard cars. Four tanks filled with compressed
-> air powered the car 500 miles at a speed of 35 miles an hour.
Poppycock! 500 *metres* or yards, maybe. Not 500 miles.
There simply isn't much energy in compressed air.
The Tata car company in India has been experimenting with this idea. So
far, nothing has come of it.
dow
