Hi all,
I had a look for this, but could not find a topic on it.
Has anyone here discussed the possibility that some clever manufacturer might attempt to make the MGU-H shaft and the IC interact directly using a "virtual cog" in the form of a magnetic field from the MGU-H and a cleverly designed crankshaft, or piston?
My thinking is that the MGU-H necessarily produces a magnetic field as part of its regular operation, and I don't see anything in the rules limiting the flux to within its own casing.
If the H was driven by the ES to a rate corresponding with the air intake requirement of the IC, and if the sizing of the compressor was such that the H shaft was a simple multiple of the crank speed (say, 8:1 or 10:1), it might be possible to make the crank take a little energy from the H in the form of a few of magnetic pulses per cycle, so long as the H and crank shafts were synchronised.
Imagine the H shaft's rotating fields magnetically interacting with the pistons (if magnetic) to push them down or pull them up a little by magnetic field on each cycle, or even interacting with magnetic parts of the bottom of the IC (it's a large hunk of ferrous material, with throws that look a lot like rotors).
It's just an idea, don't hurt me!