If you can afford to try the extravagence, go for it. But, I know I cant and will focus on the stuff I can do and know that will work. Then I will tweak from there.
I remember a pretty influential saying from the EVDL by FatherTime, "You can wish in one hand and sh*& in the other. Which one will fill up first?" I always think of it when the "what if"'s threads turn up. Lyle --- Travis Gintz wrote: > 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? > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
