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Ed_McCarron:

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--- Quote from: gourami on July 01, 2008, 10:43:54 pm ---Does this constitute a perpetual motion device, which, if created, would cause the end of the universe? The way I see it, as long as the car is moving, the batteries would be charging. As long as the batteries are charging, the car will be moving.

My head hurts.  :banghead:

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What about using a solar panel to power a lamp that shines onto said solar panel to in turn power the said lamp?

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Don't encourage him.  Avert your eyes and back away slowly.

AtomSmasher:
I remember a number of years back one of my old friends from highschool, who I only met up with once every couple of years, started going off the deep end on bizarre ideas that would never work.  One of his ideas was to have a car with two electric engines, one to power the car and one to turn a whole bunch of alternators.  He seemed to believe that if he strapped enough alternators onto it, then it would generate enough power to keep both engines running.  I knew there was no way it would work, but he thought it was such a brilliant idea that I decided to just back away slowly and say "good luck with that"

A few years later I met up with him again he wanted to build a remote control helecopter that was the size of a normal helicopter.  A computer would be used to control it, and it would use cell phones to communicate with the helicopter.  He wanted me to just take an afternoon to whip up the software to operate the helicopter and to keep the helicopter stable so it would be easy to control.  I told him it was an extremely complicated thing to do beyond what I was capable of and that at the very least I would need to know exactly how to interface with the hardware.  It wasn't just something I could whip up real quick.  That seemed to upset him quite a bit as he thought I was making excuses and just didn't want to do it.  That was the last time I met up him, which was several years ago.  I'd like to meet with him again, but I'm a little scared what crazy idea he has now.

SithMaster:

--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on July 03, 2008, 12:26:17 pm ---I'd like to meet with him again, but I'm a little scared what crazy idea he has now.

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Perhaps he wants to build a mame cab?

patrickl:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on July 03, 2008, 06:26:10 am ---
--- Quote from: patrickl on July 03, 2008, 04:19:00 am ---

--- Quote ---i dont know why you mentioned cars doubling in weight? my 70s model cars were/are about 1000 kg. the equivalent kind of car now is not 2000 kg!
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you have got to be joking. I had a big old Renault and it weighed about 800kg. It's counterparts today really do weigh 1600kg. My tiny Honda already weighs 1200kg.


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i guess it depends what you consider 'big'. my type 3 vw is 880kg. heavier than your 'big' renault. but i wouldnt consider a type 3 to be big. if we only talk about small cars then surprisingly, you arent far off the mark. i searched for a vw golf as an example. looks like the first models weighed between 800 and 900 kg. the latest weighs 1447kg. but we tend to still think of larger cars as normal in australia. i looked for ford falcon as an example since they are a popular australian family sedan. the first model, the XP, from the 60's (which looks friggen awesome in the 2 door model  8)) weighed 1170kg, while the latest model weighs about 1700kg. which is obviously not double. regardless, i still dont see the significance of that. you design the system around what the car weighs...

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Well that's what I meant. You said they should use a 40hp petrol engine. That's not going to be enough to move a 1200 to 1700kg car.

NiN^_^NiN:
The prius will run till 60km then switch to the petrol engine

This is what i was told by my cousin who had a prius rental he thought it was great.

And here is what the net is saying:

The Prius will run on its electric motor alone if you keep the speed under 60 km/h

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