This sounds very creative. I can imagine a canoe going down the highway
:)
Really, as creative as it is, can it be more effective than a bicycle
mechanism? After all, it's leg power and there are losses in converting
that to electricity and then back to kinetic energy via a motor.
Perhaps the motion uses more muscles than cycling so you can go faster
--- until you're winded. I'm going to assume this is the case since
they claim it can go up to 60mph. For how long, though?
Do you have any further details or a ref to an article? Fascinating!
Peri
------ Original Message ------
From: "Roland via EV" <[email protected]>
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Sent: 05-Jul-14 3:28:10 PM
Subject: [EVDL] Man power EV
On the program - Outrageous Act of Science - there is a engineer that
built a EV using only a motor that is power by a alternator connected
to a flywheel that is human power through a step up gear system.
One battery is use to excite the alternator.
The person or a group of persons uses the same mechanisms that is use
in speed boat racing using oars and a sliding seat. Instead of oars, a
steering wheel is use and the feet pushes the seat back and forth to
run the gears which rotates the flywheel and then the alternator
getting your exercise at the same time.
If the alternator is a HD one design for charging deep cycle battery
from 13.5 to 16 volts and at the same time can put out 110 vdc up to
7kw like the one I use in by EV to charge a deep cycle battery and
provide all the 12 volt system in the EV and at the same time provides
110 vdc which is inverted to 120 vac 60 hz for my electric heat.
This EV can get up 60 mph and does good hill climbing too. Could use as
a back up for your standard EV.
Roland
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