Yeah, I remember when the 'Wankel' rotary was the big rage in the early '70's. I actually worked w/ a lady, in late '73, that drove a car with one. Her words; "IT SUCKS!!!" p.s. according to her, it got the WORST mileage of any sub-compact on the market! So, when the 'Gas Crisis' came along & the price shot up, she was looking to dump it as fast as she could. -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 9/6/14, Dave <deltadave@usa.net> wrote: Subject: Re: [TML] What does Engineering look like? To: tml@simplelists.com Date: Saturday, September 6, 2014, 2:24 PM I'll believe it when I see it in production. This engine looks to have the same large gasket problem as rotary engines have, and Mazda has finally given up on them after 30+ years of development effort. Dave Your 'reality', sir, is lies and balderdash, and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever. - Baron Munchausen On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 12:37 AM, Knapp <magick.crow@gmail.com> wrote: On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Dave <deltadave@usa.net> wrote: As always, as tech increases the size of individual components shrinks, but there are more of them. Increasing complexity in monitoring and trying to wring the last few percent of performance from a given power source at higher tech levels would IMO lead to more interconnects, not less. Think of the evolution of the internal combustion engine - in the late 19th century, there were only a few feet of wiring in any given vehicle. That has grown to the point now that many cars have miles of wire connecting the various systems - emissions control, engine monitoring & optimization, accessories controls - up to 8 or 9 different systems. I've never really bought into the Star Trek conception of engineering spaces, especially on a warship where battle damage is expected and planned for. Dave I would go with your statement until the tech takes a big jump. To go with your engine analogy take a look at this new motor. It is smaller, better and lighter and simpler than current tech.http://www.gizmag.com/duke-engines-axial/33631/ I was thinking that the tech might look like modern medical tech like MRI, CT, PET etc. This might be a good source of models to place in your engineering space as well. -- Douglas E Knapp Creative Commons Film Group, Helping people make open source movies with open source software! http://douglas.bespin.org/CommonsFilmGroup/phpBB3/index.php Massage in Gelsenkirchen-Buer: http://douglas.bespin.org/tcm/ztab1.htm Please link to me and trade links with me! Open Source Sci-Fi mmoRPG Game project. http://sf-journey-creations.wikispot.org/Front_Page http://code.google.com/p/perspectiveproject/ ----- The Traveller Mailing List Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml Report problems to listmom@travellercentral.com To unsubscribe from this list please goto http://archives.simplelists.com ----- The Traveller Mailing List Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml Report problems to listmom@travellercentral.com To unsubscribe from this list please goto http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=EwREIRgLK8vaUEhNlnoNdSGKwnjoID8a
