Re: Ford's 'Big Red' Truck of the Future
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Originally Posted by Bossxr8
Gas turbines where the next big thing in the 50's/60's. Turned out to be a big fail though.
One point of failure was leaded fuel. The lead deposited on the blades and eventually unbalanced them, which caused it to eventually blow up. Might have worked a bit better once unleaded fuel became available. Although emissions and poor fuel consumption would have killed it anyway.
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Being a turbine you could just use anything, so you would use diesel or kero instead.
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