[ExI] Electric cars without batteries

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Mon Oct 25 19:19:17 UTC 2010


On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 7:47 PM, spike wrote:
> Hey BillK, I did some fooling around with BOTECs using the numbers they give
> on your steamy racecar site.  Here's something I found amusing.
>
> Assume the steam exhaust pipe is horizontal and pointing aft (logical
> assumptions.)  What is the diameter of the pipe required such that the
> velocity of the exhaust equals the top speed of the car, so that the exhaust
> is stationary with respect to the ground upon exit?
>
> That would be one impressive plume of sparkly white steam billowing out the
> back, ja?  I wonder if there is a YouTube somewhere?
>
>


If you really want to watch a steamy video......  it's here:  (3.5minutes)
<http://www.steamcar.co.uk/videos.html>

BillK




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