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am i retarded Nanonymous No.6187 [D][S][L][A][C] >>6611 >>6612

Recently I had this autistic idea.
>small (kettenkrad size) tracked vehicle for offroad/farm work/whatever
>6 cyl. stirling engine, running off wood or any other fuel, powering an air compressor
>air compressed into tank and going into 3 cyl. air motors for each track
>vehicle controlled using two pedals, each being forward accel. when pedal pressed forwards vehicle goes forward, neutral (input and outputs of airmotors connected to atmosphere), then brake (disc), then backwards. this system realized through cables which control valves which change the direction of air.
>hands free to control other parts of machine
>"gears" controlled through a shifter which changes input and output air to different sized cylinders

Nanonymous No.6188 [D] >>6611

>stirling engine driving an air compressor which goes directly to the air engine
what a retarded idea, hideously inefficient and also very noisy. unless you can't buy a transmission?

Nanonymous No.6611 [D] >>6804

>>6188
Actually, OP's idea isn't so bad if he's making a tracked vehicle. All good steering systems for tracked vehicles are hideously inefficient anyway, and the ones that aren't inefficient aren't flexible. For example, you can't just throw one track into reverse in 0.2 seconds and spin on the spot, for most tanks (which doesn't really matter because the turret can spin, but OP's thing won't have a turret).
>>6187
>stirling engine
Good luck finding optimal compression ratios and fuel burner plans. Everyone else fucking with stirlings is some dirty hobbyist casual who builds things out of tin cans. If you had enough autism you might be able to find such values empirically, but who am I kidding, nobody here is actually motivated enough to do something...

Nanonymous No.6612 [D]

>>6187
>am i retarded
yes

Nanonymous No.6804 [D]

>>6611
>dirty hobbyist casual
more like fucking useless britbong boomers who are extremely proud of their 10 watt, near-zero torque trash.