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<DIV> Tom,</DIV>
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<DIV>Isn't using liquid O2 the best way to start a BBQ. <A href="http://www.ambrosiasw.com/Ambrosia_Times/September_95/2.5HowTo.html">http://www.ambrosiasw.com/Ambrosia_Times/September_95/2.5HowTo.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Man if you added Liquid H2 to the mix imagine the spead to get that baby going....</DIV>
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<DIV>lemeno, Doug!</DIV> <BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Ted Moffett <starbliss@gmail.com><BR>To: Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><BR>Cc: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>Sent: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:15:42 -0800<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] "Acceleration" Defined<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Tom et. al.</DIV>
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<DIV>You seemed to miss the joke in my suggestion that the CBD could become a Trinitarian Village like "Chinatown" in some large US cities, but this is no joke:</DIV>
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<DIV>You want horsepower? Forget the dragster! How about engines in one "machine" with the output of 13 Hoover Dams?</DIV>
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<DIV>Try this:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" size=-1><A href="http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/propul/SSMEamaz.html" target=_blank>http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/propul/SSMEamaz.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" size=-1>Rocketdyne's Space Shuttle Main Engine operates at greater temperature extremes than any mechanical system in common use today. The liquid hydrogen fuel is -423 degrees Fahrenheit, the second coldest liquid on Earth. When the hydrogen is burned with liquid oxygen, the temperature in the engine's combustion chamber reaches +6000 degrees Fahrenheit - that's higher than the boiling point of Iron. <BR> </FONT></DIV>
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<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" size=-1>The maximum equivalent horsepower developed by the three SSMEs is just over 37 million horsepower.<BR></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" size=-1>The energy released by three of Rocketdyne's Space Shuttle Main engines is equivalent to the output of 13 Hoover Dams.<BR></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" size=-1>Although not much larger than an automobile engine, the SSME high-pressure fuel turbopump generates 100 horsepower for each pound of its weight, while an automobile engine generates about one-half horsepower for each pound of its weight. <BR></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" size=-1>Even though Rocketdyne's SSME weighs one-seventh as much as a locomotive engine, its high-pressure fuel pump alone delivers as much horsepower as 28 locomotives, while its high-pressure oxidizer pump delivers the equivalent horsepower for 11 more. <BR></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" size=-1>If water, instead of fuel, were pumped by the three Space Shuttle Main Engines, an average family-sized swimming pool could be drained in 25 seconds.<BR></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" size=-1>The SSME high-pressure fuel turbopump main shaft rotates at 37,000 rpm compared to about 3,000 rpm for an automobile operating at 60 mph.<BR></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" size=-1>The discharge pressure of an SSME high-pressure fuel turbopump could send a column of liquid hydrogen 36 miles in the air</FONT> </LI></UL></DIV>
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<DIV>Ted Moffett<BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 1/10/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Tom Hansen</B> <<A href="javascript:parent.ComposeTo('thansen@moscow.com');">thansen@moscow.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Acceleration" as defined by Keith Black (<A href="http://www.keithblack.com/" target=_blank> http://www.keithblack.com</A>)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">One top fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">than the first 4 rows of stock cars at the Daytona 500.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1-1/2 gallons of nitro</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">rate with 25% less energy being produced.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive the</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">dragster's supercharger. With 3,000 CFM of air being rammed in by the</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">near-solid form before ignition.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">At 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture of nitro methane, the flame front</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">temperature measures 7,050 deg F.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nitro methane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">an arc welder in each cylinder. Spark plug electrodes are totally</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">consumed during a pass. After halfway, the engine is dieseling from</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">compression, plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1,400 deg F. The engine</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">can only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In order to exceed 3 00 mph in 4.5 seconds, dragsters must accelerate an</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph (well before</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">half-track), the launch acceleration approaches 8G's.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">reading this sentence. Top fuel engines turn approximately 540</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">revolutions from light to light! Including the burnout, the engine must</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">only survive 900 revolutions under load.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The redline is actually quite high at 9,500 rpm.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimate $1,000.00 per</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">second.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The current top fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.441 seconds for</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">the quarter mile (10/05/03, Tony Schumacher). The top speed record is</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">333.00 mph (533 km/h) as measured over the last 66' of the run</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(09/28/03 Doug Kalitta).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Putting all of this into perspective, picture this scenario:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter "twin-turbo" powered</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a top fuel dragster is staged</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass. You have the</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">gears and blast across the starting line and pass the dragster at an</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">honest 200 mph. The "tree" goes green for both of you at that moment.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">and within 3 seconds, the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you just passed him.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Think about it, from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">mph and not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">passed you within a mere 1,320 foot long race course.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">And that, my friend, is ACCELERATION!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Take care, Moscow.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tom Hansen</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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