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To: cornbread who wrote (2200)	11/1/1998 1:16:00 PM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3383

Ok, CB fair enough. And now what about the seals? That was one of the major Wankel problems. While I would concede that from the diagrams, that the AENG's version of the axial engine would have less problems than a Wankel, how will the equivalent of intake/exhaust seals be taken care of (in the case of AENG, the elliptical slots)? What about the shaft main seal? Now the cost of effectively stainless steel (1080, 1095) is excessive. That is one reason you see very few conventional engines with it and another reason the turbine never made it to the streets. Not just the basic cost, but the machined cost. As well, just testing and tooling the prototypes is fairly expensive. Any thoughts of what a final manufactured cost of an equivalent AENG product versus that of a conventional reciprocating 4 or 2 stroke for a given application? Note that the competition has amortized its R & D and manufacturing costs over, oh say, the last 80 years. This matters. If AENG were to make it to the cover of Popular Mechanics, it would still have to make it to reality. Right now it is stuck with BF in the leisure boating magazine rack. On another level, you as a fan of lower pollution must know that hydrocarbon products do not break down at lower temperatures. While Nox comes as a byproduct of higher temperature combustion, the longer chain hydrocarbon products are drastically reduced. If you take as a given that BF (Bald F i.e. Haaaareee) did not fry his brain when he put his head to the AENG block after it ran for several minutes (and I am not sure given his behavior that he didn't), how is it that you propose that this version of the Axial engine will produce less smog at lower exhaust temperatures? (This enigma also goes back to the elliptical valve seal problem). Finally, any ideas on how AENG will finance this? You as an engineer are aware of the burn rate that tools, staff and outside testing put on a start-up venture's cash. I can assure you that even though AENG is a non-reporting company, that it has all but squandered the first $1 million that Murray (and TRAV, although he won't admit it for legal purposes) raised. Do you know what happens to the propped up $200 million valuation of a non-venture backed company when they come to market? For more on that see "The Death Spiral Preferred Thread" Even if the patent is protectable (I have not examined prior art in detail yet), the valuation of AENG is toast. TRAVs tactics are those of a dinosaur. He and his ilk is facing the dawn of the ice age.