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Name:
Seaplaneguy
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Age:
100
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Apr 20, 2009
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About Me:
Engine development started in July 2006 with concepts evolved from piston crank aircraft engines (no known piston crank, or turbine engine will work).
I wanted to be able to get a range of 2500 miles and to do so I needed at least twice the eff of a typical aircraft engine (from 25% to 50%). While seeking for answers I made many cutting edge discoveries along the way, leading to me being confident that 60% eff is possible from 1-100% of rated power.
To make the (roadable) seaplane capable of operating out of 50-100 ft , landing and takeoff, I needed new aerodynamics and power breakthroughs, including 300% short duration power ability for takeoff and emergency recovery (flying up a blind canyon, for example...). My goal is 1 G on takeoff (50ft) and landing in 50 ft so that a runway is not needed.
Typical IC engines in cars are 13% eff. (according to GM), usually less than 5-10% in low speed city driving, and around 20-25% on the highway. If I can achieve 60% min eff., city driving should be 6 times, and highway driving 3 times what is now achieved by a typical GM type car. On average this engine should get 4.6 (60/13=4.6=460% improvement) times the mileage that a typical car now gets with the same weight (rolling drag) and aerodynamics.
The engine is also designed to convert low grade heat (solar, for example) into power (electricity, or mechanical) such that during a day 40 miles can be harvested while parking in the sun.
I believe it will be MORE efficient than an electric car from (grid) plug to wheel, versus my engine with carbon fuel to wheel on average. Since a (house) electric plug is only 30-33% by the time it gets to the plug, my engine will save at least three times the real energy needed, making grid based transit power source a distant second best.
When Natural gas is used in the car, It should use 3.3 times less CO2 than average grid based electric car, and 5.1 times less than a coal powered grid electric car. This should "unplug" electric cars for 30-50 years, if not more. My energy storage system will also store MORE energy than Li Ion by a factor of 3 or more, and have long duty cycles.
Put another way, at night (without solar), it would get rid of around 80% of the fuel needs for transit and buildings, on average.
With solar, depending on solar days, much of the remaining 20% can be bridged by combined capacitance from home energy production and storage and solar parking events.
This should eliminate most of the average person's need for carbon based fuels, achieving all the goal of carbon reduction without the need for tax regimes, such as cap and trade.
It should also "unplug" tax revenue and wealth transfer based on carbon...
We receive no Government money, nor desire any...
Country:
United States
Occupation:
Product Design Engineer, Hybrid hydraulic engines at 60% eff.
Schools:
BS Mech Eng., Master Engineering Management
Interests:
Seaplane R&D, renewable energy, engine development
This channel is interesting in that it covers a good cross section of vehicles.
Nice channel, nice flying man.
Neat channel, keep up the great work & best wishes, Bo