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Old 03-27-2013, 03:59 PM   #35
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It's far more practical to use the electric motor to assist the engine at low speeds than it is to have it try and compress the intake charge. Either way you'll need a bunch of lipos and a fancy speed controller, so may as well just make it a hybrid and not worry about packaging constraints and lost energy in the electric 'turbo'.
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