Axial Flow Supercharger
01-24-2005, 10:03 PM
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Why did it have to arrive today, bugger it?? I'm off to the tennis in an hour, the wife is demanding a small parcel of my time. Damn shifter will have to be installed tomorrow now. No sleep for Gomez tonite 
Signing off.....
Gomez.
Signing off.....Gomez.
01-24-2005, 10:10 PM
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I wonder if it could be changed on the fly?? If his wife drove and got into high gear on the motorway Gomez could be changing the shifter quick enough so the new one is in before she needs to downshift. :D
I think it could be done.
Take a video of THAT why don't ya.
I think it could be done.
Take a video of THAT why don't ya.
Last edited by Richard Paul; 01-24-2005 at 10:16 PM.
01-24-2005, 11:48 PM
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Well I guess Gomez is off to the tennis. Gomez is loosing sleep tonight. So just to relieve the stress Steve don't loose sleep over me I was having a little go at ya. I know who the tennis players are, I don't get wound up over it though.
But everyone knows who your guy Aggisi is.
He's in TV commercials :D :D
Cheers, Crankyoldbastard
I know who the tennis players are, I don't get wound up over it though. But everyone knows who your guy Aggisi is.
He's in TV commercials :D :D
Cheers, Crankyoldbastard
01-25-2005, 08:10 AM
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Don't know if this has been posted before ... but kind of interesting. A prelude to the AFSC and for those who are looking for sound/video clips ... maybe this is not truly representative, but perhaps you get the idea ...
http://www.rolls-royce.com/education...ney/flash.html
http://www.rolls-royce.com/education...ney/flash.html
01-25-2005, 05:03 PM
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Gomez, you had PLENTY of time after the tennis last night, so did you get it in?
jack.
BTW off-shorers, today is Australia Day, a public holiday, so expect progress posts from Gomez.
jack.
BTW off-shorers, today is Australia Day, a public holiday, so expect progress posts from Gomez.
01-25-2005, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Photic
You don't have a car for testing? All of these people in SoCal and nobody has stepped up to offer a tester? Or have I just read things wrong? Do you have a tester with the mystery company? I'd do it if there would be some sort of coverage in case something goes wrong etc.
And just for Gomez, Federer won pretty handily :D
01-25-2005, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Richard Paul
If I don't hear from thatgomezbastard soon I'm coming through the wires for him.
Hymee, you know where he is?
This is payback for taking so long to get him one. How does he have that much self control??
Hymee, you know where he is?
This is payback for taking so long to get him one. How does he have that much self control??
Just kidding Gomez, can't wait for the pictures and a thorough review. :D
01-26-2005, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Richard Paul
Well first of all we get 18 psi from 7 stages. Now of course you can get some cooling from water around the housing but it wouldn't be enough. Think of the surface area of all those fins in an intercooler. How would you get the water? It would have to be very cold to do any good. In an off shore boat this might be of some use. However lets look at the practical considerations, like how would I make the housing? It has to seal on the ends and if made in two halves each other. I can't see an easy way to even fit it with the draw rods in the way. That would keep you from sealing on the volutes.
The axial flow supercharger consists basically of several rings (well sort of according to the pictures). If each ring had a somewhat larger diameter, you could lathe half-round grooves into these rings. Into each ring you could press an aluminum tube, similar to these guys (just on a cylindrical piece instead of a plate): http://www.lytron.com/custom/custom_cp.htm
Then each tube (7 tubes total) would be connected to a manifold attached to the supercharger and the manifold is connected to a water/air heat exchanger. This could be an approach where you wouldn't have to worry about sealing or assembly issues. The waterflow would be disconnected from the supercharger.
Also if you wanted to even further cool the compressed air after the last stage you could add another stator with a lot of fins and extra wide just for the purpose of cooling the air.
Last edited by globi; 01-26-2005 at 09:15 AM.