Air Power - Almost too good to be true

[Joe Blake]

http://gizmag.com/go/7000/

THIS I want to see. I suppose as a back-up one could carry a bicycle pump.

Joe Blake

[Mark Parsons]

Wow!

Up to 200km range now.

http://www.theaircar.com/howitworks.html

Over 5,000PSI of pressurized air tank scares me though. Keep getting visions of scuba tanks or other industrial gas tanks, with snapped off valves. A few thousand pounds of instant rocket thrust in an accident.

Still looks like too many mechanically moving parts. Permanent magnet electric wheel motors in all 4 wheels with no other moving parts has to be more efficient.

http://www.pmlflightlink.com/archive/news_mini.html

Mark

[Joe Blake]

Over 5,000PSI of pressurized air tank scares me though. Keep getting visions of scuba tanks or other industrial gas tanks, with snapped off valves. A few thousand pounds of instant rocket thrust in an accident.



Yes,

But if I had the choice between being involved in an accident with vehicle driven by compressed air and one driven by petrol - or compressed natural gas - or batteries - or even diesel, I think I'd go for the air. You never know, if you're lucky, when the valve pops off the rush of supercooled air may extinguish any fires.

Swings and roundabouts I guess.

Joe