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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
I believe the hydraulic system can be incorporated into a vehicle without any weight penalty, when you consider the considerable amount of conventional components that could be eliminated, basically the whole powertrain, if the drives replace the conventional braking system as they are in the configuration I envisage."
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What's to stop a number of accumulators forming structural elements of the vehicle's chassis?
I would have thought the worst issue when using ambient air for compressing (rather than a separate heavy tank of dry N2) is not the oxygen component but the water, as it is likely to freeze when re-expanded.
Could some chemical process 'trap' the humidity on it's way into the system, and then use waste engine heat to 'free' the H20 again, as available? - this extra source of humidity could actually improve engine efficiency in some cases, could it not?