Hi Michiel.

01-Nov-03 23:48:03, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Jasen Betts


 MvdV> Hi Jasen,

 DW>>> Imagine having a gas turbine, and 300 volts, right next to your
 DW>>> ear!

 JB>> 300 volts doesn't scare me - my shaver uses 230 and 300 isn't
 JB>> much more.

 MvdV> Same here. The voltage as such is no prob.

 MvdV> What I wonder about are the mechanical aspects. The rotor must
 MvdV> be making an awful number of revs and although it is small, a
 MvdV> substantial amount of kinetic energy must be involved. If a
 MvdV> bearing blows... And what about the gyroscopic momentum

 JB>> the other place theses will find applications is in laptop
 JB>> computers. and that scares me a little more...

 MvdV> Why?

Sorry, I left the smiley out....

my skull is tough but I'm not armoured between the legs.

 -=> Bye <=-

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