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Re: [Czechlist] Problems with a sentence

How about something like "Aerodynamic resistance and the weight of the
car would get the best of the 90-kW engine"?

Michael

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 8:31 AM, James Kirchner <jpklists@...> wrote:
> "Nad 90kilowaltovym motorem zĂ­skaval navrch aerodynamicky odpor a
> hmotnost vozu."



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Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:02 pm

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Someone is testing a hydrogen-powered electric car prototype and accelerates up to 100 km/h, but the company rep sitting next to him won't let him try to go... 		James Kirchner
kirchnerjk
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2:32 pm

90kW engine is not enough to overcome the resistance and weight - it will run into problems above 120 km/h....
Hana Jarolímová
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2:39 pm

The latter. It literally means that at these speeds, the engine was less and less able to cope with the aerodynamic resistance and the car weight. [I know this...
Josef Hlavac
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2:39 pm

That's what I figured. I guess my American "keep smiling" attitude made me second-guess myself. Thanks, Hana and Josef. Jamie ... [Non-text portions of this...
James Kirchner
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2:45 pm

How about something like "Aerodynamic resistance and the weight of the car would get the best of the 90-kW engine"? Michael ... -- You have to be happy with...
Michael Grant
maclingua
Offline Send Email 		Dec 19, 2008
3:02 pm

And just who thinks that 90 kW is too little for a car to move at speeds over 100 km/h?? Even large vans and trucks with 2-3 t load capability have engines...
Matej Klimes
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5:23 pm
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