There's other options too. What about solar panels? Outputs are higher than ever, and you can cover the whole fairing's with flexible cells. Hydrogen fuel cells would work as well for charging in remote areas. Wind power wouldn't be that feasible, because trying to attach a small motor (low rotating resistance) to a large load would cause the generator to slow down via regen braking....same thing other people are trying to do with the main motor. The amount of energy could maybe be used to charge a cell for the accessories, but would likely cause more trouble in the way of wind resistance and hurt overall performance.
Something that folds out of the way would be good. But would take up space that could be used for batteries. I can't wait until hydrogen fuel cell outputs are higher and cells are more affordable. There's a 300W http://www.horizonfuelcell.com/store/h300.htm that'd be cool :) only a couple grand though! 300W but at what voltage? If its 12vdc thats 25amps. Not bad, but not feasable right now with the lack of hydrogen refill places. Regards Travis On 6/23/07, Andrew in Ann Arbor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Jun 22, 2007, at 18:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Can you give me more on that? Has someone done any testing? > > It will never be worth it, it is a net loss of energy. > > If instead of (or addition to) regen, one mounts a windmill generator > of sorts on the bike to generate during rides. You can come out ahead with a wind generator for regen BUT you will have to retract it out of the airstream when you are not decellerating. Then it won't increase your drag when you are cruising at steady speed or accelerating. So maybe it's not impossible but it's certainly not practical. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question?
