Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Enclosed human-electric hybrid spins around the UCF campus
Looks like a good product. Be great to see plenty of those sorts of vehicles on the road. b On May 3, 2015, at 11:23 AM, Michael Ross michael.e.r...@gmail.com wrote: That looks a lot like the ELF product of the company I just started working for. I was previously a beta tester for them. It is a good design. I have been hired to develop new products, but I hope I can add to their manufacturing, purchasing and other efforts as well. Since I am an employee you have to take what I say with an open skeptical mind. I do still have the beta I bought, and commuted 25 miles each way with. (25 miles takes about 1kWh at 48VDC nominal on my older machine. I degraded my LFP batteries by charging them fully in the hot sun, and have not bought new packs. Now my commute is too long. I think their current packs are better than the ones I have, but I have no personal experience with them. The ELF they sell now is better than mine in a number of ways. Fit and finish, some suspension improvements, many small manufacturing details are better now.. Mpre options are available. It's effective and fun in an urban setting. It is easy for car drivers to see, and car traffic seems to treat you well - I have found it makes things go smoother if you wave people around you when it makes sense - some people just will not cross a double yellow without permission.. In suburbia you may want to find more of the 25mph roads, but it really gets you across intersections, up to speed from a dead stop, and up hills in a way no HPV only bike can do. On 25mph residential streets you will almost never hold up car traffic. On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Ben Goren via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: On May 3, 2015, at 12:27 AM, brucedp5 via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: The Human Assisted Electric Vehicle could reach speeds of up to 40 mph and has a range of about 50 miles. The entire vehicle cost about $4,000 to produce. Velomobiles are wonderful, as are electric-assist velomobiles. I'm not so sure they'll well suited for American suburbia...but there are definitely those for whom such a vehicle is perfect. The thing that surprises me, though, is that price tag. It's not that hard to spend that much on a recumbent trike, let alone add a fairing and an electric motor, and velomobiles generally start at that price and up -- potentially way up for high performance ones. Anybody know any more about this one? b -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 801 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150503/22e9d827/attachment.pgp ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. Warren Buffet Michael E. Ross (919) 585-6737 Land (919) 576-0824 Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell michael.e.r...@gmail.com -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 801 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150505/ae29e340/attachment.pgp ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
[EVDL] EVLN: Enclosed human-electric hybrid spins around the UCF campus
http://www.centralfloridafuture.com/story/news/2015/04/26/student-engineers-show-inventions-at-design-showcase/26414741/
Student engineers show inventions at design showcase
Bernard Wilchusky April 26, 2015
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The Human Assisted Electric Vehicle could reach speeds of up to 40 mph and
has a range of about 50 miles. The entire vehicle cost about $4,000 to
produce.(Photo: Bernard Whilchusky, Central Florida Future)
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The HAEV takes a spin around the UCF campus. (Photo: Bernard Wilchusky,
Central Florida Future)
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Seniors of the UCF College of Engineering showcase their latest inventions.
Bernard Wilchusky, Central Florida Future
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The annual showcase, hosted from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the atrium of
Engineering Building I, challenged outgoing students to design new and
inventive solutions to real-world problems.
Student groups, ranging in size from three to six members, labored for
months to make creations such as a portable drone charging platform, a
low-cost mode of transportation and even a new stress-testing suite for use
in aeronautical design. Groups were required to find materials and fund for
their projects, many of which cost up to $2,000 in parts alone.
[image] Senior mechanical engineering students Garrett Chapman, Chris Harris
and Zachary Loparo stand in front of their invention, the Human Assisted
Electric Vehicle. (Photo: Bernard Wilchusky, Central Florida Future)
For members of the Enhanced Alternative Transportation team, the goal was to
design a safe and cost-effective mode of transportation. Their invention, a
teardrop-shaped tricycle called the Human Assisted Electric Vehicle, had a
final cost of $4,000, said Caleb Amy, a member of the team.
We designed this vehicle to bridge the gap between cars and bicycles, said
Amy, a senior mechanical engineering major. It's a lot cheaper than a car,
but it also protects you from the weather. It can cruise at about 40 mph,
has a range of 50 miles, and it protects the rider from the rain. Not to
mention, it's pretty comfortable.
The team behind the Supply and Command Roller for an Autonomous Multicopter
set out to make a mobile, remote-controlled charging platform for long-range
drones. Its device, a large platform flanked by twin photovoltaic panels,
boasted a small processing suite nestled between its four wheels that would
allow operators to control and move the platform remotely.
The best way to think of it is as a big, fancy charging station, said Tom
Czachur, a senior aerospace engineering major. It's like if your phone
charger had wheels and a big, fancy solar charger, except it doesn't plug
into a phone, it plugs into a hexacopter.
The Hypersonic Environment Testing team designed a particolored metal rig
that placed airplane components under the kind of thermal, mechanical or
sonic stresses the team would experience during regular operating
conditions. Michael Sanchez, a senior mechanical engineering major, said
that the testing rig was the first system that was able to test all three
stresses simultaneously.
Our testing rig simulates hypersonic flight conditions, Sanchez said.
We're trying to simulate mechanical loading, thermal stress and acoustic
loading. Our testing for that last one is really loud; you need earbuds to
be near it. It's the equivalent of being next to a really, really loud music
concert, which is like being at Mach 5.
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Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Enclosed human-electric hybrid spins around the UCF campus
That looks a lot like the ELF http://organictransit.com/ product of the company I just started working for. I was previously a beta tester for them. It is a good design. I have been hired to develop new products, but I hope I can add to their manufacturing, purchasing and other efforts as well. Since I am an employee you have to take what I say with an open skeptical mind. I do still have the beta I bought, and commuted 25 miles each way with. (25 miles takes about 1kWh at 48VDC nominal on my older machine. I degraded my LFP batteries by charging them fully in the hot sun, and have not bought new packs. Now my commute is too long. I think their current packs are better than the ones I have, but I have no personal experience with them. The ELF they sell now is better than mine in a number of ways. Fit and finish, some suspension improvements, many small manufacturing details are better now.. Mpre options are available. It's effective and fun in an urban setting. It is easy for car drivers to see, and car traffic seems to treat you well - I have found it makes things go smoother if you wave people around you when it makes sense - some people just will not cross a double yellow without permission.. In suburbia you may want to find more of the 25mph roads, but it really gets you across intersections, up to speed from a dead stop, and up hills in a way no HPV only bike can do. On 25mph residential streets you will almost never hold up car traffic. On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Ben Goren via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: On May 3, 2015, at 12:27 AM, brucedp5 via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: The Human Assisted Electric Vehicle could reach speeds of up to 40 mph and has a range of about 50 miles. The entire vehicle cost about $4,000 to produce. Velomobiles are wonderful, as are electric-assist velomobiles. I'm not so sure they'll well suited for American suburbia...but there are definitely those for whom such a vehicle is perfect. The thing that surprises me, though, is that price tag. It's not that hard to spend that much on a recumbent trike, let alone add a fairing and an electric motor, and velomobiles generally start at that price and up -- potentially way up for high performance ones. Anybody know any more about this one? b -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 801 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150503/22e9d827/attachment.pgp ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 585-6737 Land (919) 576-0824 https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell michael.e.r...@gmail.com michael.e.r...@gmail.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150503/2847c612/attachment.htm ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Enclosed human-electric hybrid spins around the UCF campus
On May 3, 2015, at 12:27 AM, brucedp5 via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: The Human Assisted Electric Vehicle could reach speeds of up to 40 mph and has a range of about 50 miles. The entire vehicle cost about $4,000 to produce. Velomobiles are wonderful, as are electric-assist velomobiles. I'm not so sure they'll well suited for American suburbia...but there are definitely those for whom such a vehicle is perfect. The thing that surprises me, though, is that price tag. It's not that hard to spend that much on a recumbent trike, let alone add a fairing and an electric motor, and velomobiles generally start at that price and up -- potentially way up for high performance ones. Anybody know any more about this one? b -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 801 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150503/22e9d827/attachment.pgp ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
