But for flight, even more important than thermodynamic efficiency is the weight to power ratio, and you're going to be hard pressed to beat infernal combustion with steam or Stirling.
BTW, I came here via this post: http://community.livejournal.com/anachrotech/393996.html
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Date: 2008-06-20 05:25 pm (UTC)But for flight, even more important than thermodynamic efficiency is the weight to power ratio, and you're going to be hard pressed to beat infernal combustion with steam or Stirling.
BTW, I came here via this post:
http://community.livejournal.com/anachrotech/393996.html