From: Doug Jones (djones@xcor.com)
Date: Wed Mar 06 2002 - 09:06:20 MST
Adrian Tymes wrote:
>
> Eugene Leitl wrote:
> >I don't see how you can beat the storage density of chemical fuel (the air
> >electrode is for free) with capacitor type of devices.
>
> Easily - if the intended application is in space, or in some sealed
> location, or underwater, or any place a large amount of air is not
> easily available. Which, granted, does limit things a bit...
>
> (You know, I wonder if a simple high-pressure carbon dioxide grenade
> might make a viable anti-combustion-engine weapon, if it could remove or
> at least heavily dilute oxygen in the area for long enough to stall the
> engine.)
Heh. When the railroad (Southern Pacific, I think) was in the habit of
parking idling locomotives upwind of my house last year, I came close to
attacking one with a CO2 extinguisher to shut the damn thing down.
Complaints to management solved the problem before it came to that,
though. I think it would take a very high CO2 flow rate, aimed directly
into the engine intake. The destructive and dangerous version of this
involves a tank of propane...
-- Doug Jones, Rocket Plumber
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