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Energy efficiency (III)

October 28th, 2009

Most steel engines have a thermodynamic limit of 37%. Even when aided with turbochargers and stock efficiency aids, most engines retain an average efficiency of about 18%-20%. Rocket engine efficiencies are better still, up to 70%, because they combust at very high temperatures and pressures and are able to have very high expansion ratios.
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Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR

October 7th, 2009

The Ninja ZX-RR is Kawasaki’s race bike which raced in the MotoGP world championship. The bike made its debut towards the end of the 2002 MotoGP season with the Australian rider Andrew Pitt. In 2004 Shinya Nakano joined the team and managed to get ZX-RR’s first podium with a 3rd place at the Japanese Grand [...]

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