Air Cars, Trucks and Other Vehicles

The major expenses with vehicles are fuel and repairs.

My 72 Gran Torino gets 27-30 miles per gallon on the freeway, depending on the terrain, and 24 miles to the gallon city driving. She can haul 4 times the weight and 6 times the bulk of a new comparable vehicle. She is safer and more comfortable than any of these new vehicles.

Yet new vehicles only get 35 to 40 gallon per mile, can only haul 1/4 of the weight and can haul less than 1/6th of the bulk of the Gran Torino.

New vehicles are not an improvement on 36 plus years old vehicles.

Why not? A combustion engine is designed to burn fuel. Even if you actually 'improve' the engine (without sacrificing room, comfort, and safety of the vehicle) if you put more and more pull/drag on the engine with bigger alternators, smog pumps, air conditioning, etc., you have lost any efficiency gains.

Imagine: A full sized, very comfortable car. Why do you need a combustion engine, or a hybrid electric, or an electric with the electric motor and heavy batteries?

Weight!

A false roof over the roof of your car could easily contain hydrogen bags. Simple lift controls on the dash could release hydrogen to provide 'legal' lift.

'Legal' lift would probably be 'tires must touch the pavement' at first.

Remove the engine, clutch, transmission, radiator, muffler and fuel tanks.

Paint the engine compartment and the outside of the vehicle with photovoltaic solar paint and hang some lights to power the interior paint for night running. Install a few 12-volt automobile batteries and clean up the electric needs. Such as led head, tail, clearance and interior lights.

Of course all of the engine, transmission, clutch and other electronic gadgets would be gone and would no longer be pulling down on the batteries.

Electric fans installed where the radiator had been, with a slider plate leading to the air vents in the hood, small tube fans installed down the sides of the vehicle, and fans on top of the vehicle would provide the motivation needed.

The fan speed could be controlled by a pressure gauge/valve under the existing foot throttle.

You would no longer require mechanical brakes. A couple of fans dedicated reverse could be controlled by a pressure gauge/valve under the existing brake pedal.

As long as 'legal' lift was wheels on the ground you would have steering with your front tires controlled through the steering wheel.

However it will be necessary to install an upright rudder/tailfin and flaps to turn, raise and lower the vehicle when air born.

Imagine a vehicle you could easily repair!

This will work for any vehicle of any size, shape and weight, civilian or military.

For trailers you can bag the ceiling or bag the undercarriage. As long as you are being paid by weight, you will need to pump/compress your bagged hydrogen, so that the pay scales will show the correct weight. However while traveling, with your hydrogen bags inflated, no more overload tickets!