Skydrol ?
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From: "Ed Weldon" <23.weldon@comcast.net>
To: <neil@dbelltech.com>; <BWANA343@aol.com>; <jolylance@earthlink.net>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Non-LSR Hydraulic Hybrids
> Neil -- I agree. The high pressure is a problem. Probably not a good DIY
> project. An awful lot of oil can leak through a hole you can't even see
> when
> it's got 5000 psi behind it. Such problems don't seem to discourage
> development work on hydrogen or even CNG vehicle technology. I suspect
> one
> of the big concerns for engineers is how to replace the flamable hydraulic
> fluid with fluids that won't burn. Fireproof hydraulic fluids and the
> internals of high pressure hydraulic pumps require expensive mediation to
> get them to coexist. But even at half the pressure their might be a
> decent
> payback. At 2500 psi you are in the realm of everyday hydraulic
> technology.
> ................Ed
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