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I agree with you, to a point. I wonder about the mechanical simplicity of having air drive pistons in the engine. It's yet another point of failure and, while
by typicalrunt 14y ago
I agree with you, to a point. I wonder about the mechanical simplicity of having air drive pistons in the engine. It's yet another point of failure and, while similar to combustion engines, is there no other way to have compressed air drive a car other than with a piston engine?
I'm probably being naive here...I have no knowledge on this subject.
- ajcarpy2005 14y agoYou could use a Quasi-Turbine. http://www.howstuffworks.com/quasiturbine.htm http://www.howstuffworks.com/quasiturbine.htm
- kragen 14y agoThere are a lot of different ways to have high-pressure gas push solid objects around. Piston engines, turbines, and rockets are the three most common, but there are also Wankel engines, rotary vane motors, and more exotic designs like the Quasiturbine and the dozen or so other kinds of positive-displacement pumps.