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Originally Posted by dcb

Look, I don't really care about patent/money problems or how many VA tech students looked at it. I've given some specific items and you chose to not address them directly and gave me the "I need a grant" spiel again. I think the whole patent system is screwed up to begin with, and is simultaneously self-serving and a mechanism of technology obstructionism (along with an unhealthy dose of bureaucracy). So I'm only focusing on the design, to no monetary gain of my own, the rest is just noise.

re hydraulic cvt: I think there is a serious over-estimation of the efficiency in cruise mode, same thinking that is currently plaguing the series hybrid crowd. While the "positive displacement" aspect is ideal, it does come at a cost and limits peak efficiency. If you are on the hiway, you don't have that nice big blue arrow jacking you up to 94% efficient transmission.

This is also going to be a constant power drain on your flywheel assembly, no?

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