Compressed AIR MOTOR Runs Car (Jan, 1932)
Filed under: Automotive — @ 9:11 am
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jan, 1932
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jan, 1932
Buy on Ebay
Compressed AIR MOTOR Runs Car
EITHER the era of “free air” is about to come to an end, or the cost of motoring is about to be reduced to practically nothing. In an amazing demonstration conducted recently in Los Angeles a standard automobile chassis, powered with a newly-developed compressed air motor, whizzed around the city streets at not one cent of cost to the driver for fuel.
The engine, which is the result of six years of research by Roy J. Meyers, resembles in general appearance a radial airplane motor. It is mounted in an upright position in the same space occupied by a gasoline motor in standard cars.
Modern compressed air car:
http://www.treehugger.com/file.....t_comp.php
The article seems to describe a perpetual motion machine.
A battery heats the air as it enters the engine and then
the air returns to the tank?
Not one cent for fuel?
Even the people of 1932 must have wondered about the cost
of compressing the air.
I’d like to see the letters from readers in the
months following this article.
Comment by jayessell — September 24, 2006 @ 6:34 pm
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so does this car actually run on compressed air or is it more of a sterling-heat engine?
Comment by Justin — November 15, 2007 @ 12:05 am
it is good invention for our future ,i salute them bywhom developed this car.
Comment by rangani yogesh — February 29, 2008 @ 8:12 am
What is the source of this advert?
I have found it on several sites but am still unable to find out where it came from
As mentioned above, it seems to discribe a perpetual motion machine
This sort of machine cannot exist according to the laws of classical physics
And this machine definitely operates according to these laws by the description of it
Comment by NeoSaint99 — April 10, 2008 @ 2:13 am
This site is the original source for the scan. The original is from the January 1932 issue of Modern Mechanix magazine.
Comment by Charlie — April 10, 2008 @ 9:19 am
THE AIR MOTOR CAR IS THE BEST INVENTION IN THE AUTOMOBILE SECTOR.THE YOUNG ENGINEER SHOULD HAVE TO WORK IN THIS PROJECT BECAUSE OUR EARTH NEEDS IT BECAUSE IT IS POLLUTION FREE.SO ALL THE BEST TO ALL THE ENGINEERS.
Comment by Rishabh Chaddha — May 3, 2008 @ 12:49 pm
IT STILL EXCITES ME WHEN I HEAR, READ AND SEE AIR MOTOR OR AIR TECHNOLOGY, EVER SINCE I’VE COME ACROSS IT, WHICH WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. I KNOW THAT THE TIME IS COMING FOR THE NEW TECHNOLOGY TO OUTRUN THE OLD “SO CALLED SUPER” ENERGY WHICH WE ALL ARE RELIENT ON. WE ARE LIVING IN EXCITING TIME…WAY TO GO GUYS
Comment by Paresh — May 4, 2008 @ 9:01 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmqpGZv0YT4
Comment by jayessell — May 4, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
Google for FRENCH AIR CAR
Comment by jayessell — May 4, 2008 @ 3:17 pm
It’s like an electric car but using compressed air tanks
instead of rechargeable batteries.
Energy is needed to compress the air but there’s
nothing stopping it from being wind, solar, hydro or nuclear.
No greenhouse gases!
And… no toxic battery materials!
(Sheesh! Why am I having trouble posting?)
Comment by jayessell — May 4, 2008 @ 3:26 pm
Come on, it is a joke… he was a scammer.. similar to his invention “the absorber” that gets electricy out of the air, while he was serving his prison time in arizona..
Comment by Carl Pinkston — May 16, 2008 @ 9:31 am
There appear to be two discussions going on around this ad. First the ad does appear to be a scam. Where it claims to be heated, used, cooled, and returned to the tank is a process that is not possible without outside energy. He is describing a perpetual motion machine which cannot exist. I though at one point it was referring to getting free air from filling stations (they used to do that) to run your car at no cost. That would have been possible unit the owners caught on and started charging for air.
Second, there are groups working on legitimate air cars that use compressed air to power the vehicle. Air power may be a cheaper, simpler, better way to store power and transport it with the vehicle. Any claims about ‘zero pollution’ depend entirely on the source of the power used to compress the air. If that power source is fossil fuels then the car still produces carbon emissions.
Unfortunately bad science like the ad above continues to spread. I watched a show on one of the ‘factual’ channels (discovery or history) talking about modern air powered cars and motors. The announcer made the implication the you could use a air motor to run your compressor to power your air motor. Another impossible machine!
Comment by Matt Burkholder — May 31, 2008 @ 7:52 am
If the car were actually able to create its own compressed air as it goes, why would it need four huge cylinders of compressed air on the back? Even if we allow for some possible regenerative braking to recover some air into the system, the basic principles of thermodynamics teach us that you can’t get something from nothing. In other words, there’s no such thing as free lunch, and perpetual motion machines won’t work any better now than they did during the hayday of such scammers.
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Pingback by compressed air motor — June 2, 2008 @ 9:19 am
i like this concept… im interested in learning how to build one. i’ve been researching how to take any car currently i pick up for cheap and doing the same concept and converting the gas motor and sealing it and making it compressed air engine. it has been done before and im very interested so if anyone knows more about this e-mail me
Comment by Mike — June 13, 2008 @ 10:15 pm
Sure glad to see The Air Car discussed. Taking a light weight front engined rear wheel drive vehicle, pull engine & radiator, clutch assembly. Bolt a freewheeling radial air motor to the transmission. Install carbon fiber air tank where motor & radiator was. Use a needle valve & safty valve between air tank and motor for speed control & psi reduction. Put small scuba compressor in trunk with geared down DC motor to pump up main air tank. Add solar panels on roof, trunk and hood to drive the DC motor. Hopefully you could compress air for 20 to 30 miles of city driving per day in Sunny climates. Sincerely Submitted, JDH
Comment by JD — June 17, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
i am yusef from gordan cuontery arab i have invention motor car and he work from onther think not petrol i am relly want help the peopl in the world my invention storing
Comment by yusef neimat — July 5, 2008 @ 8:46 am
He guys, I’m trying to buy one of those ‘French’ air compressed cars (as I’m in France should not be so difficult) but cannot find anyone who want to sell it. Even MDI motors, on their website, you can just say you are interested. (Very French : invent but avoid selling, money can hurt).
Anyone who has an idea where I can buy for real that stuff ?
As I just have to go to office in the morning and back home in the evening, which is a total 40 km, this is the most perfect solution for me. No gazoline, no batteries, a roof for rain, and 4 weel to stick on snow.
Maybe I’m not the only one in this situation. Say… 100 million potential customers !
Best
Thomas
Comment by de Charentenay — July 9, 2008 @ 8:52 am
This article does not describe a perpetual motion machine as suggested by some posts as it requires an electric heater running from a battery. It is however still great technology and is currently being developed by various companies who are aiming at putting it into production. Including Tata and Ford. A copmany in Melbourne have developed an engine for the car http://www.it-mdienergy.com
Cheers.
Comment by Dan — August 1, 2008 @ 5:58 am
Just read where Tata Motors of India (world’s first $2500 car) is in negotiations with MDI in France to go into production of an “air motor” vehicle. Maybe that’s why you can’t buy one yet. I would like to see a commercial alternative-fuel car just to show the world we know how to do it!
Comment by Peter Tew — August 19, 2008 @ 12:25 pm