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Happy Talk
Re: Happy Talk
by theluckycountry » Sat 28 May 2022, 16:53:34
My health is very good for a 60'yo, I put it down to regular cycling and some light gym work at home. Since I retired I have picked up the cycling with short midweek rides, nothing gut busting, I don't believe in that, just 10 miles or 15 miles at a reasonable pace so the heart rate is up around 125 for a sustained period. I'm losing weight as a consequence which is good news. Not that I was grossly overweight, just 6 or 8 kg, middle-aged spread I think they call it. My right weight is about 92, that's with a flat belly.
We're 17 years past the peak now and the 3rd World is going hungry and dark. We'll be next, we're well on the way in fact.
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Re: Happy Talk
by The_Toecutter » Thu 23 Jun 2022, 14:11:13
My health must be pretty good given how fit I am. I'm pushing 40 and random strangers who don't know me mistake me for a teenager, so I'm doing something very right. I can do 100 pushups in a row with ease, and if I turn the electric motor of my custom trike off, I can sprint to more than 35 mph with nothing but my legs powering it. Riding my Milan velomobile 100 miles in a day also is not taxing to me physically; I can sprint to almost 50 mph in that on flat ground, and it has no motor at all.
Speaking of that custom built bike, I've got the rear shock almost installed. It will soon have full suspension. My new 3T wind motor is installed and that should allow it to reach more than 100 mph once I build the next battery pack for it. With the body removed, I took it to 40 mph last weekend on a 46.8V battery pack, and it had plenty more to go before topping out. I had a lot of fun doing donuts in parking lots and hooning it about the neighborhood. A new body necessitated by the changed dimensions(adding rear suspension and going to a smaller rear wheel allowed me to recline the seat back further and slightly lower the ground clearance) is being designed, based upon the Milan velomobile I purchased. I'm aiming for the lowest drag I can get while maintaining accessibility/serviceability to all of the components as well as having enough ground clearance for going over bad roads at highway speeds without bottoming out.
I'm targeting the ability to cruise 35 mph on flat ground using only 300W power draw from the battery without any pedaling, while riding on DOT rims and solar car tires and lugging around a roll cage. If successful, I'll have the world's most efficient "car", so efficient that you can turn the motor off and pedal it to car-like speeds if sufficiently fit. Turn the motor on, and it will do donuts in parking lots and take modern cars off the line at a stop light drag race, and get the equivalent of thousands of MPG. If I get it slippery enough, I'll be able to cruise 60 mph on 1,000W, and 100 mph on 4,000W. The entire complete vehicle will weigh under 100 lbs.
Before I removed the body on my custom trike to add the rear shock, I could do 150-200 miles @ 30-35 mph on 1.5 kWh, or about $0.15. Light pedaling was required. Most new cars at today's gas prices won't even go 1 mile on that amount of money. The next body will cut that consumption to about 1/2. It's also going to get solar panels.
Speaking of that custom built bike, I've got the rear shock almost installed. It will soon have full suspension. My new 3T wind motor is installed and that should allow it to reach more than 100 mph once I build the next battery pack for it. With the body removed, I took it to 40 mph last weekend on a 46.8V battery pack, and it had plenty more to go before topping out. I had a lot of fun doing donuts in parking lots and hooning it about the neighborhood. A new body necessitated by the changed dimensions(adding rear suspension and going to a smaller rear wheel allowed me to recline the seat back further and slightly lower the ground clearance) is being designed, based upon the Milan velomobile I purchased. I'm aiming for the lowest drag I can get while maintaining accessibility/serviceability to all of the components as well as having enough ground clearance for going over bad roads at highway speeds without bottoming out.
I'm targeting the ability to cruise 35 mph on flat ground using only 300W power draw from the battery without any pedaling, while riding on DOT rims and solar car tires and lugging around a roll cage. If successful, I'll have the world's most efficient "car", so efficient that you can turn the motor off and pedal it to car-like speeds if sufficiently fit. Turn the motor on, and it will do donuts in parking lots and take modern cars off the line at a stop light drag race, and get the equivalent of thousands of MPG. If I get it slippery enough, I'll be able to cruise 60 mph on 1,000W, and 100 mph on 4,000W. The entire complete vehicle will weigh under 100 lbs.
Before I removed the body on my custom trike to add the rear shock, I could do 150-200 miles @ 30-35 mph on 1.5 kWh, or about $0.15. Light pedaling was required. Most new cars at today's gas prices won't even go 1 mile on that amount of money. The next body will cut that consumption to about 1/2. It's also going to get solar panels.
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Re: Happy Talk
by AdamB » Thu 23 Jun 2022, 15:31:54
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('The_Toecutter', '
')Before I removed the body on my custom trike to add the rear shock, I could do 150-200 miles @ 30-35 mph on 1.5 kWh, or about $0.15. Light pedaling was required.
')Before I removed the body on my custom trike to add the rear shock, I could do 150-200 miles @ 30-35 mph on 1.5 kWh, or about $0.15. Light pedaling was required.
I could do 150-200 miles @ 120mph on the autobahn? No pedaling required. And who cares what is costs, A) it would be the autobahn and B) it is on 2 wheels at the speed of light aircraft.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('The Toecutter', '
')Most new cars at today's gas prices won't even go 1 mile on that amount of money.
Too bad folks aren't looking for efficient bicycles. And until you solve that pedaling thing...well...that and the A/C issue.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('The Toecutter', '
') The next body will cut that consumption to about 1/2. It's also going to get solar panels.
Keep up the good fight Toe. Let me know when you've got something for sale commercially. Without all that pedaling and stuff of course. And if it could get high efficiency at 120 mph on the autobahn, that would definitely be a plus!
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Re: Happy Talk
by Newfie » Thu 23 Jun 2022, 16:20:00
Toe,
Good for you. I like to hear someone who actively trying to solve problems. Keeping the hands and mind busy is another very necessary form of exercise.
How is the job doing?
Good for you. I like to hear someone who actively trying to solve problems. Keeping the hands and mind busy is another very necessary form of exercise.
How is the job doing?
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Re: Happy Talk
by The_Toecutter » Thu 23 Jun 2022, 19:32:17
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', 'T')oo bad folks aren't looking for efficient bicycles. And until you solve that pedaling thing...well...that and the A/C issue.
The pedaling issue is easily solved. Gut the bicycle drivetrain and install a thumb throttle or twist throttle, or rig up an accelerator pedal. I was using a thumb throttle to do donuts in it last weekend. It lights the back tire up effortlessly and with this new motor allows it to accelerate like a 150cc motorcycle.
I only have the pedals and bicycle drivetrain to pass as a "bicycle" to law enforcement, especially since I have no license and the vehicle is uninsured, untagged, untitled, and unregistered. And in some jurisdictions, including where I live, it legally is a bicycle.
A/C would be more difficult, because there isn't an AC system on the market small enough for this application. I'd have to design one. Not a priority in the least. If I were to try to commercialize a one-seater car version of this vehicle, making such a system as an option would be prudent.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'K')eep up the good fight Toe. Let me know when you've got something for sale commercially.
That will take an amount of money that in all likelihood I will never have from working a job. Maybe I should sell dope?
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')nd if it could get high efficiency at 120 mph on the autobahn, that would definitely be a plus!
Doable. Probably not with my current motor(it will only make about 4 horsepower continuous, but more than 20 peak), but if I put in a Hubmonster 6-phase PMDC motor that could do 50+ horses peak and more than 15 horses continuous andand got the aerodynamics right, this part is relatively trivial compared to other things I would like to do to this vehicle. Maybe even 150 mph cruising would be possible.
It would only need about 6 horsepower to do 120 mph. That would be ~0.040 kWh/mile with a high efficiency Hubmonster motor. If electricity isn't your thing, theoretically, even a lawnmower engine could do 120 mph @ > 200 mpg, and a small diesel would fare significantly better.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'H')ow is the job doing?
Taking up way too much of my time. Many weeks I've worked over 60 hours. If I had the free time, I could have had this project much further along. I still have lots of parts laying around uninstalled.
Hoping to buy some land soon.
