Re: Rotary Vane Hero Engine

[Frederick Sparber]

This one is safer to use, Richard.  They work great except up in the San Louis Valley of Colorado, where the stock tanks freeze solid overnight in May.  :-)   Fred   3,943,889   http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%%2FPTO%%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F3943889     ----- Original Message ----- From: RC Macaulay To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: 5/9/2006 6:04:24 AM Subject: Re: Rotary Vane Hero Engine Fred wrote.. Kerosene or JP-4 will work at higher vane temperatures.   OTOH. If you heat the pool with a radioisotope "stove" to 1000 K or more using  mercury, potassium, or lithium, as a working fluid you can zip right up into the serious shaft power range with only one moving part.  :-)      Howdy Fred..   Makes sense when you think about it. The drawback is safety. With the proper luck you could blow the contraption over into the next county. County  Fairs have a popular show called the" anvil toss". We have just the county here in  Texas. Its near Texas A&M where a new military science and tactics school has been formed. For sure the US Army could use a few new ideas. Not even backward jungle guerrillas are using WW2 surplus equipment anymore.   Richard