Been there, done that. A one percent grade will stall whatever vehicle you
design. Even a super light model stalls on a grade... modelsailcars.com
"gabydewilde" <gdewilde@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
> I would like to invite you to help develop a re***bent bicycle with 4
> wheels, an electric motor reasonable aerodynamics and a wind turbine.
>
> http://wind-car.go-here.nl
>
> During normal use almost all of the energy used by a vehicle is lost
> though the displacement of air. But, if we have a high pressure zone
> and a low pressure zone we can extract energy and regenerate some of
> those losses back onto the propulsion.
>
> Moving close-to or even up the wind we may use the combination of
> human power and electric power to amplify this wind.
>
> The wall like cycling up the wind phenomenon is something every
> cyclist should be familiar with. This wind power exceeds the power
> needed to move the vehicle forwards. The energy extracted by the
> turbine is stored as kinetic energy but is also increasing the
> available wind pressure.
>
> The wind car is not intended to be a real car but to be a fun freeware
> project that gets us places. I hope for you to help me design a
> vehicle roughly costing 200 euro/dollar to build using off the shelve
> parts. It is my believe that such miracle savings may be accomplish
> though pure resourcefulness. A set of old bike wheels doesn't have to
> cost much, Constructing a frame doesn't have to cost much, An
> electric motor doesn't have to cost much. (as low as 20$), If you own
> battery powered tools you can use those batteries and buy some extra
> to save money. The suggested wind motor doesn't involve much more as
> an axle, some blades and a chain. The cabin can be made of tent
> materials. A cheap 10 watt solar panel can keep the battery topped
> off, combined with charging on the wind this may prove more then
> sufficient never to need to recharge it or to plug-in some new
> batteries.
>
> I invite you all to help design this vehicle by posting your opinion/
> thoughts/suggestions good or bad happy or sad. :-)
>
> http://wind-car.go-here.nl
>
> Thank you,
>
> Gaby de Wilde
>
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> http://quadracycle.blogspot.com/
> http://forum.go-here.nl/index.php?c=8
> http://blog.360.yahoo.com/factuurexpress
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