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To: TideGlider who wrote (2736)5/28/1999 11:27:00 PM
From: Marshall  Read Replies (1) of 3795
 
I'm very into physics which is the pure base of science.

Yes, I'm familiar with rail guns as well as the fuel cell cars but we're a long ways away on those cars. Imagine a wreck when you're carrying liquid hydrogen on board - it's the Hindenburg all over again.

" isn't it easier to push a magnetic rod thru a coil than to turn a coil in a magnetic field?"

Not necessarily, you must consider the mass of both parts as well as how the cooling is applied. In this case it would make far more sense to utilize some Cobalt or Neodymium magnets in the rotational part and cool the field coils.

I ain't going to write his claim off until I talk to him as a very good friend of mine (now deceased) claims to have envisioned something similar but without the necessity of the superconductive coil. I haven't put any flowers on his grave for a while but buy being a veteran I suppose I owe him a visit. Who knows - perhaps we'll make a connection somehow.
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