Pete Lewis Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 discovered this while browsing a topic at the |national Rail museum steam to nuclear fusion ....really http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4801928.stm https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=photos+of+british+rail+flying+saucer&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB718GB718&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=_X2S9ZukNJTBuM%3A%2CYsdp3wVYj_eAtM%2C_&usg=__S9n7R4pyF6UCSeyGx3SxXOCfyQo%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPnIy9yY7YAhWGHsAKHbsbDsUQ9QEIODAE#imgrc=_X2S9ZukNJTBuM: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglefire Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 Quote spacecraft powered by "controlled thermonuclear fusion reaction". Well, thats ok then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.vitesse Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 Is that what happened to all those steam engines. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted December 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 no that was gas axe difusion a bit less technical approach to power sharing thank heavens for the band of steam enthusiasts that preserved a legend Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.vitesse Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 Not thermal lance then? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted December 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 i dont know.... I could'nt watch the end of living machinery .... better days train spotting , squashed jam sandwiches ,, sooty shirts , no Ipads or silly phones , make you own lodgic no stare all day at someone elses , just bikes and fresh air with some soot thrown in , happy days Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 The patent specifically says that it relates to a space vehicle, so how BR got involved isn't clear, but I've heard of it before. I suppose that BR were interested in the propulsion offshoots. Trains propelled by jets of steam? Or just electric power from a fusion rector, which has bene the objective of energy science since the '50s, and sadly has always been that far ahead. The ITER project is the latest western attempt, thatses the Tokamak format and induction heating. https://www.iter.org/ In America, they have spent even more on laser-driven fusion, but that may be a dead-end: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/giant-us-fusion-laser-might-never-achieve-goal-report-concludes JOhn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 God help us! BR and nuclear fusion! The unspeakable in pursuit of the unachievable. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde. ( I was a BR commuter for 30 years). Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 6 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: thank heavens for the band of steam enthusiasts that preserved a legend You mean they WEREN'T Luddites? Makes me feel much better at not going for a 5-speed conversion, then.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted December 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Just ordered a automatic , seamless 6 speed only 3 cylinders , so a bit like steamers, just count how many times you Declutch and stick shift on a simple journey, so I save a load of calories Adding a 5 speed increases the count , Colin you would lose weight dont do it we need to keep our stamina up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 I would need to remove one pedal and work the other two manually... up down up down up down for about forty miles a day.... to lose a few pounds. Especially at Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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