Well I was talking about mechinical efficiency. It's much better to start out with rotary motion than convert the back and forth motion of a piston to rotary...
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Mike Robbins
uljunky
Sep 25, 2005 9:48 pm
I drive diesel trucks for part of the year. Their effeciency is around 44% where a gas engine is lucky to see 26%. Also it is not uncommon to see a diesel...
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Reese
reeza
Sep 25, 2005 9:11 pm
... Tell me about the efficiency. What I've heard about them, they suck down the motion lotion in disproportionate quantities for the power output at higher...
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panamabob@...
panamabob1
Sep 25, 2005 9:07 pm
No balls, you are right.... it takes so much money to bring out a new concept, that it can make or break a company...and the CEO, Still, small upstarts DO come...
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Drew Marinich
mtndrew77
Sep 25, 2005 8:41 pm
Explain to me why the Wankel rotary engine isn't being used more? You know the one in the Mazda Rx7. It's much cheaper to build, and more effiecient. The...
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Reese
reeza
Sep 25, 2005 8:02 pm
... This is a much-needed clarification, thank you. Reese...
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Reese
reeza
Sep 25, 2005 8:01 pm
... That's one way to interpret what I wrote, there are better ways....
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panamabob@...
panamabob1
Sep 25, 2005 7:33 pm
oh come now,,, Chick filet felt chicken was different and better than burgers... How many burger variations are there? Burger chef, Mc D Checkers, Burger...
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Drew Marinich
mtndrew77
Sep 25, 2005 7:13 pm
Well my answer is capitalism is a bitch!! Why hasn't a better battery been invented. What kind of company want's to sell less batteries?? Why build a better...
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Drew Marinich
mtndrew77
Sep 25, 2005 6:58 pm
I guess I was thinking more along the lines of sharing designs. Personally I don't intend to build according to Tesla's patent. Tesla constructed his turbine...
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Drew Marinich
mtndrew77
Sep 25, 2005 6:52 pm
I guess we all just need to shut up, build, and experiment then we may have something more meaningfull to share. ... Amazingly enough, I would also like to...
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mtolb25356@...
tolbauctions
Sep 25, 2005 6:18 pm
i know what a volute casing is i dont think it will work well i like the 3 part idea with the tube comeing in at a tangent to the disks...
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mtolb25356@...
tolbauctions
Sep 25, 2005 6:14 pm
i work in a machine shop and have cad/cam programs im willing to do some work for cheap or free if i can what size did you have in mind?...
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panamabob@...
panamabob1
Sep 25, 2005 5:26 pm
has NO Tesla turbine ever been built? why not? In today's age of looking for any competitive advantage and engineers looking backward to re invent something...
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Reese
reeza
Sep 25, 2005 5:10 pm
... Amazingly enough, I would also like to receive donations of this nature, I'd probably, eventually get a turbine built too. Of course I would share pictures...
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mtndrew77
Sep 25, 2005 5:01 pm
How many people would be interested in helping to fund a turbine build project? I've been trying to get grants from the DOE,but the amount of bullshit you have...
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Drew Marinich
mtndrew77
Sep 25, 2005 2:41 am
I've built one. You can see pictures in the members section under tiny turbine. I've had the same idea for a supercharger also. I think a tesla type...
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tolbauctions
Sep 24, 2005 11:03 pm
i dont like the idea of the spacers near the edge. the origanal plan dose not have them. i think the plates should be able to bend toward each other.i would...
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Leslie Sutch
lsutch@...
Sep 11, 2005 4:59 pm
what about using a battery type electric hand drill . take out the battery and spin the chuck and measure the voltage out put from the motor? try other ...
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Reese
reeza
Sep 11, 2005 4:17 pm
... I take it, the answer is no? You cannot (or will not) elaborate? Reese...
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McGalliard, Frederick B
freddyboy_9
Sep 9, 2005 9:09 pm
I do physics of failure. No CAD, sorry. Fred B. McGalliard <http://card.web.boeing.com/WebCard.cfm?id=149044>; ... From: Drew Marinich...
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Drew Marinich
mtndrew77
Sep 9, 2005 2:41 am
Are you a engineer at boeing? Do you have access to CAD program? I use Pro E. I plan on modeling everything before I build it. If you could take a look when...
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McGalliard, Frederick B
freddyboy_9
Sep 8, 2005 10:15 pm
... From: Drew Marinich [mailto:twosimple4u77@...] Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 2:16 PM To: TeslaTurbine@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE:...
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Drew Marinich
mtndrew77
Sep 8, 2005 9:16 pm
I'm not following your explanation. If you could draw me a picture that would be the most helpful. Thank's for writting Cheer's Andy ... I suggest you envision...
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McGalliard, Frederick B
freddyboy_9
Sep 8, 2005 3:33 pm
... I suggest you envision a spiral wrapped around the axel 5-10 times, narrowing in crossection as it spirals out. The outer casing needs to wrap around at...
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Shadow of the Redwood
priyaawara
Sep 8, 2005 1:07 am
Good Work Andy!! mtndrew77 <twosimple4u77@...> wrote:To all I uploaded a avi movie of my tiny turbine running. It's in the files section of our member...
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mtndrew77
Sep 8, 2005 12:57 am
To all I uploaded a avi movie of my tiny turbine running. It's in the files section of our member page. I'm still looking for more data on the turbine as a...
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schloktroff
Aug 27, 2005 12:01 pm
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Reese
reeza
Aug 20, 2005 3:46 pm
... I was also considering hard drive data platters for a turbine, though I sought out some older 5.25" drives and was going to use those. I hoped to drive the...
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vger62003
Aug 19, 2005 2:32 pm
Hello everyone. I have recently become interested in the Tesla turbine while looking for a possible power source that could be used in the wild that would be...
