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Originally Posted by dragoontwo
I like this idea, too. it would be interesting to see this kind of tech advanced and see what kind of motor comes out on top as the best generator(or alternator). Diesel, gas, rotary, LP?
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Freedom Motors has been working on a rotary for this purpose, amongst others, for years and has shown a high output rotary working in various applications including hybrids. They claim 1.5 HP per engine lb in their "
high performance model".
Of course, the problem is this is a Paul Moller company. Moller was the inventor of the Super Trapp muffler, sold that then spent that money (and a lot of investor money) over the last 30 years trying to build a "flying car" that was going to ready "any day now". The rotary motor is an offshoot of the Moller airplane project. Basically, as far as I can tell he's a well intentioned snake oil salesman at this point.
I think this has much more potential than his
aircraft and "flying saucer" business, although the plane concept is damn sexy.