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Title: There is Hope yet for the Toorak tractor brigade
Post by: prodigyrf on February 16, 2013, 01:09:49 PM

"Give me your tyred, your voucher poor
Your 8 cylindered masses yearning to breathe free...."
 
http://abundanthope.net/pages/Environment_Science_69/New-mini-petrol-engine.shtml (http://abundanthope.net/pages/Environment_Science_69/New-mini-petrol-engine.shtml)

Title: Re: There is Hope yet for the Toorak tractor brigade
Post by: Turbojohn on February 16, 2013, 04:02:02 PM

Thats pretty nifty :cup:

Title: Re: There is Hope yet for the Toorak tractor brigade
Post by: Mandrake on February 16, 2013, 04:47:50 PM

There goes Mandrake's Solar Power ---- ??? :'( :'( :-[ .. No more batteries to charge ....

That is fantastic ... Nano engines next ...

Mandrake

Title: Re: There is Hope yet for the Toorak tractor brigade
Post by: Patr80l on February 16, 2013, 05:33:52 PM

Hardly a reputable scientific source.   Read also about "Vaccines are the true weapons of mass destruction." free energy and how Hitler may have been right after all.   

Title: Re: There is Hope yet for the Toorak tractor brigade
Post by: Mandrake on February 16, 2013, 05:38:46 PM

Didn't realise it was published in 2003 ... Mandrake's is safe -- PHewww ...  :cup: :cup: :cheers:Mandrake

Title: There is Hope yet for the Toorak tractor brigade
Post by: BigJules on February 16, 2013, 06:26:25 PM

How did you get to that page? And have you given them any money?

Title: Re: There is Hope yet for the Toorak tractor brigade
Post by: gronk on February 16, 2013, 06:59:58 PM

Sounded pretty good.... but how do you refuel it ???

Title: Re: There is Hope yet for the Toorak tractor brigade
Post by: prodigyrf on February 18, 2013, 01:02:03 AM

Quote from: BigJules on February 16, 2013, 06:26:25 PM

How did you get to that page? And have you given them any money?

Well since you ask the bil was a diesel fitter and ships engineer in an earlier life and sends me useless pics of interesting lil motors and big jeeps and stuff and when I googled 'worlds smallest motor' for more info that link came up. So I naturally figured it runs on a wing and a prayer just like some vehicles of mine from my youth  :angel:

Alas the eternal problem of youth, spending one's meagre silver wisely on racing motorbikes, wine, women and song is you have to waste the rest on food rent and bills  :'(

 

Title: Re: There is Hope yet for the Toorak tractor brigade
Post by: 1HDT on February 18, 2013, 09:55:45 AM

Amazing what some people are able to achieve, however maybe didn't quite reach there forecasts on this one.

By JOHN SCOTT

Published: 19 Jun 2003

SCIENTISTS have built the smallest petrol engine ? tiny enough to power a WATCH.

...Experts believe it could be phasing out batteriesin such items  within just six years...

Very cool though.

Title: Re: There is Hope yet for the Toorak tractor brigade
Post by: prodigyrf on February 19, 2013, 10:32:51 PM

There's no stopping the mini revheads though- World smallest V12 engine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3KdpzL3Hkk#)

Title: Re: There is Hope yet for the Toorak tractor brigade
Post by: KingBilly on February 20, 2013, 10:16:42 AM

That V12 is amazing.  Was it 1220 hours to build?

KB