bowlofsalad
100 kW
I saw http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=48016 this thread. Some guy advertising his kickstarter thing.
It reminded me of a few things I had seen in the past. One of them is called a shuttle-bike. Convert a bicycle into a paddle raft. It's pretty freakin awesome in my mind, it honestly stands only a step or two below the ebike concept, at least in potential usefulness (earth is more water than land). The rear wheel spins the propeller with a little contraption.
http://www.gizmag.com/go/2505/
I also saw a sort of very cheap version of this shuttle-bike. http://www.gizchina.com/2010/04/02/480-yuan-refundable-bike-boat-conversion/
The bridge is out? Meh. I'll just cruise across the water with my ebike powered raft. MRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW Now alls I need is a cover for that propeller.
The only thing I like more about the cheap 5 gallon water jug option thing is that it would be substantially harder to sink, take on water or spring a leak in one of those plastic water jugs compared to the thin plastic of the shuttle bike. There is an obvious weight tradeoff, but those the brakes.
Wow, this actually inspires a serious use for the reverse feature I sometimes see on some ebikes. No brakes on the water, but if you could move the propeller in reverse, which you could with an ebike reverse, that'd do. Win!
It reminded me of a few things I had seen in the past. One of them is called a shuttle-bike. Convert a bicycle into a paddle raft. It's pretty freakin awesome in my mind, it honestly stands only a step or two below the ebike concept, at least in potential usefulness (earth is more water than land). The rear wheel spins the propeller with a little contraption.
http://www.gizmag.com/go/2505/
I also saw a sort of very cheap version of this shuttle-bike. http://www.gizchina.com/2010/04/02/480-yuan-refundable-bike-boat-conversion/
The bridge is out? Meh. I'll just cruise across the water with my ebike powered raft. MRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW Now alls I need is a cover for that propeller.
The only thing I like more about the cheap 5 gallon water jug option thing is that it would be substantially harder to sink, take on water or spring a leak in one of those plastic water jugs compared to the thin plastic of the shuttle bike. There is an obvious weight tradeoff, but those the brakes.
Wow, this actually inspires a serious use for the reverse feature I sometimes see on some ebikes. No brakes on the water, but if you could move the propeller in reverse, which you could with an ebike reverse, that'd do. Win!