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Originally Posted by Binger
that french company that is puting them on the market uses carbon fiber tanks so they will shred instead of exploding.
from what I have seen these cars sound like an air compressor...and with a fiberglass body...would take alot of sounddeadner to cut down on the noise.
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I believe Ford abandoned their Tonka Truck air hybrid concept for this very reason.'Said it was like a impact wrench going down the road.Across the street from me,at University of North Texas,there's a professor who's been working on a liquid nitrogen-powered"air-car".It uses a turbine(thought to be more efficient than a reciprocating engine),and it is plagued by high noise and low range.Cost of cryogenics would seem to dim enthusiasm toward this costly "fuel".--------------------------------- I think air launch is a winner,but then you have all these components and mass which are only used at stoplights.-------------------------- If you can synchronize the traffic lights,then "launching" becomes relatively meaningless.