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Todays modern, high tech fuel control sensor comes in many shapes and sizes but they all accomplish the same thing. That is to gage the flow of fuel in a controlled system. Of course, what comes to mind first is fuel burning engines. However; they are used in a variety of applications such as at your local gas station, to gage how much gas you are pumping when you fill your tank.

Have you ever stopped to wonder how gages and sensors in rocket engines work? Man, those engines and everything in them must get hot! So why doesn't the whole system go haywire when all of the finite mechanisms such as speed sensors that gage the rotation rate of all the different spinning motors get hot enough to melt common metals.

For centuries speed sensors have been used to determine the speed of moving objects. In fact, the very first primitive speed sensors were lengths of rope with a knots tied in them that were tossed over the sides of moving ships to determine how many “knots” the ship was traveling at.

So there you are, sitting at your kitchen table and you big brother is going out of his way to convince you that you are stupid. You tell him “if your so smart then how do they make blackberry jam”? He quickly snaps back without batting an eye”. Boiled blackberries, sugar, corn syrup and fruit pectin.

Your out for the evening with a group of buddies on a Saturday night and your the designated driver, so your sober. You stop in at a local drinking establishment, because your single buds want to look for some girls. In short order, one of your drunken friends comes over to you and informs you that he has met a couple of friendly girls and the four of you are going to your place later in the evening.

With turbine technology finding its way into more and more aspects of todays high tech world, many people just like yourself may find themselves in uncharted water in having to deal with them. The fact is, that turbines can be simple or extremely complex depending on what they are used in.

Hydraulic motors are finding their way into more and more places in recent years and there is a good reason why. They are far more compact and can produce more torque in a much smaller sized unit. Electric and fuel powered motors are also noisy and produce heat. Also, both of these types of motors often require some type of transmission system to regulate torque.