Jim, et al. In the sixties the Brit Navy had aircraft that needed an air + electricity power unit to start (eg. Buccaneer) It looked like a drop tank and two guys would crank handles to start up the turbine. If Navy guys could start it, anyone could. Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred.
>________________________________ > From: Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> >To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 9:08 PM >Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Fledgling electric car market in turmoil > > >> I think they could be started using only human muscle. > >No need for that here. A turbine would be pretty hard to hand-start. >That alone could have tanked that effort. This would use the brushless >generator end as the starter motor. > >Really, with a potential target market of _every_ new vehicle on theatent the >sucker. They'd make a fortune. > >-- Jim > > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
