Air Ranger?

[my80chevette]

A few years ago I worked on using compressed air to run an old lawnmower engine and it worked reasonably well. I was wondering if anyone considered trying something similar on a larger scale? Rangers are fairly light weight and with a manual tranny a smaller two or four cylinder engine running on compressed air might be feasible. Of course the bed would be the perfect place for the tanks too!!

 

[fangotango306]

running engines on air is very inefficient unless its an external combustion (hot air engine) like the old sterlings were back in like the 20's, but still not very efficient.

 

[my80chevette]

Yeah I figured that electric would be better but thought I would check to see if anyone here had experimented with the concept. I considered using a solar oven I built to run a steam powered air compressor to fill the air tanks. I have several scavenged high pressure tanks mounted in my uncles garage I got from a bottleling plant that closed a few years ago. If batteries werent so expensive this alternate energy thing would be so much easier!!

 

[dangerranger83]

When I saw the topic the first thing that came to mind was a flying ranger.

 

[mn_smokeater]

When I saw the topic the first thing that came to mind was a flying ranger.

you too?

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

you too?

haha i thought somthing like that lol.. or somthing to do with the air intake

 

[Andres629]

When I saw the topic the first thing that came to mind was a flying ranger.

x3

 

[MountainMike]

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/01/worlds-first-air-powered-car-introduced/

Only the top video works

 

[Jay FX4]

When I saw the topic the first thing that came to mind was a flying ranger.

I'd still like to score one of the old electric Rangers that were so common around here in the early 90's....

 

[stegomon]

no none of this electric crap...or hydrogen or solar crap....steam is the future!!!! nuclear power ranger!!!

sorry for the spelling and typeing

 

[dangerranger83]

Nawww....nitromethaine or how ever you spell it. Just get up to high speed a coast.

 

[Schwinnstingray1964]

I'd still like to score one of the old electric Rangers that were so common around here in the early 90's....

Me too. I remember those rolling around.

Oh btw, I was living on 10 and gratiot at the time.

 

[Jay FX4]

Me too. I remember those rolling around.

Oh btw, I was living on 10 and gratiot at the time.

There was an off site location just a couple miles from me where, at any given time, you'd see a row of about 10 of them.

 

[cody93]

When I saw the topic the first thing that came to mind was a flying ranger.

like these?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYZ7genL1sA&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgdywB46gts&feature=related

think the second one is salvagable?

 

[gwaii]

compressed air is actually used in india to power delivery trucks.i haven't studied it too much,but if they are using it it must work.drives my die grinder pretty good.