A steam thruster would be *really* tough on nearby pedestrians - deaf
*and* parboiled... But it'd make for really exciting turns on a
racetrack - higher speeds, in a fogbank!
On 9/20/2019 10:33 AM, Bruno Berger SPL wrote:
Elon should talk with us ;-) We built a 50kN (11200 lbf) hot water
rocket into a BMW for side impact simulations. Thrust was adjustable via
water temp (And therefore pressure) and impulse via opening time of the
valve (Which had a huge opening of about 90mm which can be opened and
closed in milliseconds)
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6lzr8weusjpr0uj/AABSspte9cHrKKXxRTPvicEaa?dl=0
Bruno
"At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as
well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in
aviation" (Igor Sikorsky)