[Land-speed] Hydraulic Hybrids

[neil at dbelltech.com]

Elon;

It was less than 10 years ago so carbon fiber was readily available then. A
company here in Tucson was supposedly involved in the development.


Regards, Neil   Tucson, AZ



-----Original Message-----
From: Elon [mailto:saltfever at comcast.net] 
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 8:06 PM
To: neil at dbelltech.com; drmayf at mayfco.com; 'Ed Weldon'
Cc: 'land-speed submit'
Subject: Hydraulic Hybrids

Ed thanks for the good info. Am I to assume that piston friction does not
increase with rpm?

Neil I remember that experiment but I think it was done with Kevlar. I don't
think carbon filament was invented at that time. I remember it as "proof of
concept only" and since it was successful there was no need to continue.
-Elon

-----Original Message-----
(Snip . . .) It supposedly had a carbon fiber "fiber" flywheel running in a
vacuum chamber. . . . Neil.