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Re: Magnets, magnets, the magical magnet
At 10:59 PM 8/14/96 -0500, you wrote:
>And how about replacing those ball-bearings with the circular magnets? No
>more lubricants to worry about! And no friction!! That should add several
>mph to the top end!!!
>
Shades of Tom Clancy, there, Psycho - It so happens that the Navy is
currently testing magnetic bearings in several turbines in a couple of
selected submarines. Upside - no oil system required! Downside - first trial
ended up with a turbine dancing around the engine room when the software
program couldn't hang with the angles and dangles...
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