I really want to believe these guys are for real in their revival of the Papp engine. If it works, it's certainly more compelling than getting heat from LENR. One thing bothers me in watching the video of the engine assembly. The piston rings are rubber O-rings. There's no way in hell that the helium in the noble gas mixture will stay in the cylinder for an appreciable length of time. Helium is notoriously fugitive and will escape from virtuall any container not made of solid glass or metal. O-rings just aren't going to work in their engine unless the noble gas mixture can be replenished frequently. -----------------------------q On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 3:18 AM PDT Chemical Engineer wrote:
>At 2:30 of this video they mention aligning the holes shown machined on the >outside of each cylinder to the top for access to the coils for wiring, >etc. I believe they mount a circuit board for each cylinder atop/near >each hole to access the coils to supply control power. > >They do not show the coils inside and i am not sure how they seal it all >up. Another video shows the compression coil directly around the target >spot of the plugs. A containment coil is supposedly around the rest of the >piston. > >> >> ProdEngAssemble.avi<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqFgM8osjLE&feature=youtube_gdata_player> >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >>
