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MengerSponge
on Oct 9, 2023
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Fastest sailboat: Two wild designs
You could just have a dude on an exercise bike powering the compressor too. A well-conditioned athlete can sustain 300 watts, which is 0.4 HP, or enough to drive something like 2.5 cfm?
LorenzoGood
on Oct 9, 2023
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Some AC75 designs (The British one I believe), used cyclists as their grinders, to drive the onboard hydraulics.
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