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To: Red Badger

Battery humpers won’t like that lol


3 posted on 01/22/2024 6:17:47 AM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: NWFree

If the fuel cell works, fine. But wouldn’t a high-velocity propeller connected to the shaft of an electric motor work better than burning the hydrogen for jet engine thrust?

As a conversion of the energy in the fuel to forward propulsion, it would be extremely wasteful to consume the hydrogen to create thrust by heating air to high temperatures. Hydrogen does not store nearly so compactly as liquid petroleum fuels.


10 posted on 01/22/2024 6:28:22 AM PST by alloysteel (Most people slog through life without ever knowing the wonders of true insanity.)
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