speedyxjs
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 posted on 9/10/10 at 10:39 AM |
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Jet Jag being considered for production!
Linky doo!
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 9/10/10 at 10:45 AM |
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thats good but why does this
twizy It looks like a bec project
[Edited by a numpty that speel 4 toffee]
[Edited on 9-10-10 by mangogrooveworkshop]
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RazMan
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| posted on 9/10/10 at 10:49 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
Linky doo!
I saw that in one of the mags last week - two jet turbines charging the batteries!!
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 9/10/10 at 10:54 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
thats good but why does this
twizy It looks like a bec project
[Edited by a numpty that speel 4 toffee]
[Edited on 9-10-10 by mangogrooveworkshop]
That is a cross between a BMW C1 and a smart car - ended up with the worst of both!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 9/10/10 at 11:02 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
thats good but why does this
twizy It looks like a bec project
[Edited by a numpty that speel 4 toffee]
[Edited on 9-10-10 by mangogrooveworkshop]
That is a cross between a BMW C1 and a smart car - ended up with the worst of both!
Got to give the smart design it dues.
Its ended up being the base design for all city cars.
Smart doesnt make much sense in the uk however go to paris of roma and you see how good they really fit in with the city settings
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Simon
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| posted on 9/10/10 at 11:21 AM |
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I know a chap who works for Bladon Jets - the people behind the Jag jets and have even handled a compressor wheel. Amazing!
So, nah nah nah nah nah
ATB
Simon
[Edited on 9/10/10 by Simon]
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 9/10/10 at 11:46 AM |
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sounds a bit fishy to me.
28g/km and only 560miles to a tank.
Polo Blue motion gets 80mpg, and generates 91g/km.
So, either this 780bhp jag does about 300mpg, or it runs on a low carbon fuel (hydrogen generates no carbon, but something like methane has relatively
low carbon output).
Actually, the other numbers. 100mph to 200mph in 2.1seconds would require the thing to weigh 380kg (assuming there are no losses and no
wind-resistance).
Sounds like the journalist went to the Clarkson school of engineering, or the Jaguar marketing department have got a calculator for Christmas.
Don't forget the original jaguar/rover gas turbine powered car.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 9/10/10 at 05:39 PM |
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Jaguar always have been a bit optimistic in their figures
That said, jet engines are supposed to be over 90% efficient wheras petrol engines are around 33% and TD's around 37% so you never know 
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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RazMan
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| posted on 9/10/10 at 06:31 PM |
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Certainly the fastest battery charger on the road anyway
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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JoelP
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| posted on 9/10/10 at 07:05 PM |
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Nothing totally impossible there - saying the range is 560 means nothing, because it doesnt say if that is just off the batteries (which it cannot be)
or from a 5000 litre tank of jet fuel (which would then be very poor MPG).
The 2.1 seconds referred to the 62-100mph time, which is easily doable with 780bhp.
What bothers me is how the turbines will be harnessed to the chargers, and how overall efficiency would be affected by there being so many stages
between stored chemical energy and kinetic energy in the car itself.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 9/10/10 at 08:04 PM |
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Iv just watched this which i think answers some of our questions and has made me want it even
more!!!
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 9/10/10 at 11:24 PM |
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Julian Thompson was also the leading light in the Elise design and prototype.
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Grimsdale
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| posted on 10/10/10 at 09:34 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelPWhat bothers me is how the turbines will be harnessed to the chargers, and how overall efficiency would be
affected by there being so many stages between stored chemical energy and kinetic energy in the car itself.
Trains went diesel/electric many years ago, there must be some advantages?
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