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CJurasin (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
jason, yes but you get "gale force winds" at 50+ MPH. So you use regular electric motor (batteries) to get you up to 50 MPH and then this thing kicks in.
sbreckling (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The rest is battling friction and wind resistance. It's a novel approach, but there is no way to use a bouncing electromagnet to actually propel a car. The cross-sectional wind velocity is 'generated' by the car. The energy harvested from the wind generated by the car can, in no way, propel the car forward to create more cross-sectional wind. DaVinci tried this. :)
ShinkaTV (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
At first, I thought that the power was generated by the fan going between/disrupting electromagnets. (walks away pondering to self)
AgarHeaven (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I'm not so sure it would take that much to run a car. Currently the amount of fuel used to propel a car forward is something like 1% of the gas you put into your tank; if that's true, then this gadget, or multiple ones used to power a cars motor isn't that far off. With all technology (Including this device) there is always room for improvement.
jasonrj8992 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It would take gale force winds to power a car at a reasonable speed using this technology. After all costs of manufacturing and maintenance of the units are taken into account. It would have been more efficient to attach a sail and a mast. There's your technical details.
AgarHeaven (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is really amazing stuff here; actually sitting and thinking about it I wondered where it would be practical, then it hit me. Put this into the grill of a car, after a certain amount of speed you would have a wind powered car! (Though I'm not sure of all the technical details and such) Also, you could have a self powered van, using a batter or some sort of small system to jump start the fan, then it would power itself. (Nearly free air conditioning anyone?)
lukedupin (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Its easier to convert to DC power and pound that into an inverter like PV Powered.
remisolarin (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
interesting idea, how do you regulate the amplitude of the oscillation though ?
kamalmichael (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
excellent
asdfgh451 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
That one was meant as a reply for Pigcowgreen. | 
