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Air compressor motocycle

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Todd sent in these photos of homemade air powered motorcycles, I'm not sure what this is about, but they look like a lot of fun - Link.

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Posted by: DanYHKim on March 10, 2006 at 7:47 PM

There is a compressed-air powered car found at http://www.theaircar.com

I think it uses adiabatic cooling of the exhaust air as a source of air conditioning, too!

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Posted by: Jaimeuy on March 11, 2006 at 4:56 AM

This vehicle wil be sold since April in Uruguay (S.América).
Armando Ragusci, an uruguayan engeneer, designed that bicycle. The tubes of air move a piston, more or less like a steam engine. He sais one may go 100 Km (abour 50 something miles) at a speed of 50 Kph. witn o,16 US¢ per kilometer. No gas, no hydrogen, no polution. The vehicle was tested at the North Texas University.

More here (in spanish, but irt is a cable fron AFP).

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Posted by: denisgrinyov on September 15, 2006 at 10:20 AM

adiabatic cooling? No.

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Posted by: pocdragon on October 29, 2007 at 6:34 PM

any other info on how this design works? aside from pictures? plans? very interested in this project, anything would be fantastic!!!

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