Whew, the technology! Those exotic materials and parts sound very expensive. Didn't say anything about cooling the passengers, only heating them. Wonder how that would be done. It sure has alot of complex systems. "To minimise frictional resistance, the running area of the cylinder has been laser alloyed"...that happened to me once at a theme part ;{) Bob '91 Westy Happy is he who bears a god within. -- Louis Pasteur http://communities.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare
_________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.