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aerohead · 10-07-2010, 06:54 PM

While the generator itself might be very efficient I'm not sure about the turbine.Wind machines are limited to about 59 % mechanical efficiency,Not real good.
And aerodynamically,we want to limit the air which goes through the vehicle.

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aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,534 Thanks: 24,520 Thanked 7,436 Times in 4,817 Posts	efficiency While the generator itself might be very efficient I'm not sure about the turbine.Wind machines are limited to about 59 % mechanical efficiency,Not real good. And aerodynamically,we want to limit the air which goes through the vehicle.