Bigger bang for the buck??????

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Mike Miller wrote:

>Use hydrogen, it's even lighter.  May make for an interesting ride as well.
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>On 4/25/03 9:05 PM, "John Rodgers" <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
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>>pensioner wrote:
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>>> Air has a large proportion of N2 in it as
>>>shipped.  Now if it was He (helium) you might lighten your load
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>>The lightened load from the extra lift would be short lived. The helium
>>molecules are so small as to pass through the interstices in the rubber
>>of the tyre, in the same way a childs ballon looses it lift when the
>>helium leaks through the rubber walls.
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>>John Rodgers
>>88 GL Driver
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