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    Volonaut Airbike

    I fully get what a thrill a flying motorbike must be but at this point: Fun stuff for millionaires with lots of private property. But if you want fuel efficiency you simply aren't getting away from wings. (just yet!? :) ) This thing is solar powered, without a solar cell in sight! Solar...
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    Recommend a new Hub Motor supplier for Aptera? Just for fun!

    :) Yes I'm aware that individual brakes can be auto applied and power auto adjusted. :) Are they here?? I cant find any confirmation of that?
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    Not exactly building a car, but thoughts?

    'activating the regen braking when I brake the RV' is what I thought I'd see! :) Just an idea that may be worth looking into as it's a direct drive induction motor. (No drag while coasting) If the 2 12V systems are connected while towing your RV's alternator should be able to stay off most of...
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    New Geared Hubmotor variable-regen e-braking system that still freewheels, by ChargeBike

    I'm guessing 'patent licensing talks' with the Israelis did NOT go well..??
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    HC fuel to heat/light to solar electricity: 40% efficient, currently..!

    Well this light is from burning a hydrocarbon fuel and some sodium from a renewable source IIRC. I guess sodium improves efficiency here too, but IIRC it was about a specific light frequency the 'solar cells' liked where they (that bit) is 60% efficient.
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    Serial Hybrid Cycle with ICE Generator Onboard

    The issue with small capacity engines is that the combustion chamber surface area to cc (volume) ratio goes goes up dramatically as cc's decrease. What this means is that there is more surface area for heat to escape through, rather than push the piston the smaller you go. ie: Halving all the...
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    Fettering Rotor for Bicycle

    I'm well aware that wind energy might be converted into forward motion while in motion, or at least some torque in that direction. I posted about ...er... sprung wings over spokes likely helping to provide a bit of forward torque here somewhere. (They would ameliorate the effect of side...
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    My first ebike build: custom-built KMX-based electric velomobile

    How do you plan to legally get away with 4 wheels?
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    My first ebike build: custom-built KMX-based electric velomobile

    I would say that if you are looking for the ultimate burn anything engine a modern equivalent of these Lohmann Variable Compression Ignition Engines, with a Pyrolysis System (using waste exhaust heat and a bit of catalyst: zinc, copper) is the answer. You can pyrolyze just about anything...
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    My first ebike build: custom-built KMX-based electric velomobile

    Hmmm-ok! :) Some 26cc water cooled engines. 2-Stroke Engine Hobby RC Gas/Nitro Engines for Gasoline Boats & Watercraft for sale | eBay for many reasons (repairability, safety) I'd still use a chrome molly steel tube frame doing double duty as skin cooling and quarter wave silenced exhaust...
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    My first ebike build: custom-built KMX-based electric velomobile

    I hear ya. :) So the ideal diff as always, is a limited slip diff. As the pinion gears only rotate fast when one wheel loses traction; putting strong torquey generators on them would be ideal... But that adds a lot of weight and size for something hardly ever working..? Perhaps magnetizing the...
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    My first ebike build: custom-built KMX-based electric velomobile

    Got a link to that suspension? 20cc...? That's changed!? :) You were talking 5-6hp IIRC. The issue is at those cc's the surface area of the combustion chamber to cc ratio sucks and you lose a lot of efficiency to wasted heat. IIRC you're looking at ~7-8% at that cc vs 30% for a car sized...
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    My first ebike build: custom-built KMX-based electric velomobile

    Ah... so the INSIDE wheel thats turning slower is the one getting the power. Hmmm... no-thx: That is the wheel that will try and push you into going straight rather than turning in the direction you want to turn in. (That's especially dangerous for delta trikes) Putting generators on the...
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    My first ebike build: custom-built KMX-based electric velomobile

    Where do/did you find a small Limited Slip Diff suitable for quads? I like the price and ease of making this diff: but no LS..?
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