Posted by Ash on January 09, 2005 at 17:34:42:
In Reply to: Re: Wind powered car? posted by Matt F. on July 26, 2004 at 02:08:35:
I have been looking all over for people who have an idea of what i have been thinking about. In the last week I have had this idea, wether it will work or not i don't know yet and i don't know enough about cars, not to mention I have no clue where to look.
What if you could wind up the wheels? kinda like a wind up toy car? Lets see how to explain it, ignition would turn on battery which would wind the wheels, wheels would then have forward momentum which turns the fans situated in the front of vehicle which will recharge the battery. Shifting, backing up, I still haven't worked out. It would be like a cycle, only if we could get the wind to last awhile then the fans would have time to recharge the battery and it could have this cycle it goes through.