09-20-2010, 05:28 AM
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Why bother with batteries
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09-20-2010, 05:41 AM
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I want one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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09-20-2010, 06:37 AM
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A new power source! This is a momentous event in the history of automotive design.
The plans please!!??!!
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09-20-2010, 11:33 AM
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...beats walking...
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...a "new" use for old TROJANs™?
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09-20-2010, 01:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Tele man
...a "new" use for old TROJANs™?
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Ahh Trojan. The only car company to make cars with solid tyres. Key catchphrase - 'Cheaper than Walking'...
Killed by the RE - Rear Engined - what were they thinking ?
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09-20-2010, 11:25 PM
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...beats walking...
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...in USA, the word Trojan™ also has the 'street' meaning as to be a prophylatic or condom...also called "rubbers"!
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09-21-2010, 04:27 AM
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I can imagine that rubberbands wouldn't have a long life in an automotive environment. I once wondered about using a spring instead of a starter.
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09-21-2010, 11:19 AM
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I would imagine that the energy input to wind a rubber band compared to what you get out is quite large and like a garage door spring, if you have a rubber band or a spring in your car brake... you have enough energy to, as the old magazine says, push you up to 3 miles! that energy is being released all at once! if the chain drive on a motorcycle brakes it can destroy the crank case of the engine, imagine the energy stored in enough gasoline to move you 3 miles all lit on fire at once, it would be about the same as the energy stored in a rubber band that could do the same amount of work.
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09-21-2010, 04:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Tele man
...in USA, the word Trojan™ also has the 'street' meaning as to be a prophylatic or condom...also called "rubbers"!
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yeah, but I prefer them for, er, you know.
PW - I also suggested clockwork as a method of Hybrid power. I still think it would work....
...but I am mad
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09-21-2010, 04:33 PM
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um, wouldn't the energy required to wind it be less than the energy released? What is wrong with pedals and a chain in that application?
I wonder the size and weight required for a spring wound starter would be? Hard to get a jump start, I suppose.
Or would a pogo stick be a good vehicle to jump off of?
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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