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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Not so sure if it would be so easy to find a motor-generator compact enough to drive a fan when required and to harvest energy while cruising with the fans off.
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The fan motor already acts like a generator when spun. The problem is that adding a load to the motor would make it significantly harder to turn and would therefore create more aerodynamic drag as the air flows through the fans and would restrict airflow more, so the power wouldn't be free. Whether generating power with the fan motors would be more efficient than generating that power with the alternator I have no idea.