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Old 01-01-2007 | 09:31 AM
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Default RE: Need a high torque glow engine

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Now I know there is not a Glow engine that has the torque capabilities of my 100 watt (much less than 1 HP) electric motor which develops 560 OZ-IN of torque when stalled (0 RPM) at the SHAFT (no gearing).
Ahhhhhh....ok.....well I could put maybe 150 ft-lbs of torque on a tension wrench....that'll beat your electric motor any day and I'd be stalled too

Or how about a steam engine but hook it up to a high pressure gas bottle? That'll beat your electric motor too if it doesn't explode

But if torque without rotation is all you want then why not just hang a lever off whatever contraption you're thinking of making and let gravity do the work? Last I heard, you don't even have to plug the Earth back in to recharge it .