the wheels are almost an illusion, there only 2" wide
Human Powered Car
There is no way he could make it go that fast without getting power from somewhere else!
from what ive heard it can somehow store human power. probably has a little generator and battery...
the wheels are almost an illusion, there only 2" wide
No way a person (or even 4) could make that travel continuously at 60 mph, but there's obviously some sort of energy storage on board (flywheel, battery? not sure as I watched without sound). It would be perfect feasible for a significant period of pre-cranking to get you a few seconds at 60 mph!
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An American engineer has developed a car that can run purely on people power and reach speeds of up to 60mph.
What he said ^
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Originally posted by dinosaurjuice
from what ive heard it can somehow store human power
^_^
Ounded like the old friction motor toy cars I had as a kid, 3 good pulls backwards and it would fly down the living room at quite a pace.
Ther is probably a flywheel storage device as well as solar batteries and an electric motor.
That plus some film editing gives the illusion of more pace and distance than it realy has
This will be like those poxy flashlights that you shake for 5 minutes to get 30 seconds of light, only there would be even less return with a whole
car to move around.
The chap in the video isn't doing much pumping is he?
[Edited on 20/8/10 by MikeRJ]
I had a soapbox cart with sivercross pram wheels that was people powered, me and a mate, that would do 60 mph down Shepards hill, well it felt like it
hand cranks???
the biggest muscles on the human bony are gluteus maximus (buttocks) and qhadricepts (thick muscles), in comparison, unless you are Arnold S, arm
muscles are rather puny.
look how fast the top elite wheelchair athlets fly are - I reckon that is more effiecient mode of transport and less weight (carbon fibre wheel chairs
and no legs) yet I doubt they can do much of 30 mph* for any length of time.
* I suppose I should have googled this but ....
take a look at photo 6 - flat slabe for rear end, about as aerodynamic as a series land rover
.... and the guy looks like he is 70!
[Edited on 20/8/10 by 02GF74]
No such thing as free power! Maybe nuclear is close! 
Give me a big enough hill, I bet I can get it to do 60mph...without pedalling 
Two observations:
Stop the video at 46secs and look at the trees in the background, he's going downhill.
It appears that he uses body control to get it to stay on line.
where do i even start.......
i dont see how that can already be road legal
lets see.... seatbelts, head restaint, any form if structure to protect you if you have a bump.....
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Originally posted by MikeRJ
The chap in the video isn't doing much pumping is he?
"There's also a back up electric battery to boost power when there are less passengers."
Whopping great one if you ask me
haha, he has a crew of slaves which he whips to charge the battery and then tootles round all day...
or he turns bison poo into energy and stores it (bison on the side of he road just before 2:00)
The end result of one of Hitlers Mad Science Projects, people who can propel a car to 60 MPH.
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Originally posted by Canada EH!
The end result of one of Hitlers Mad Science Projects, people who can propel a car to 60 MPH.
"The Imagine PS is due to ... cost about £10,000"
Who the hell would pay £10k for that?