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Wind/solar motorcycle [with 50 km solar/wind range] looks like an April Fools' joke ... but it's legit (newatlas.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to c/hardware@lemmy.world

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 4 months ago (4 children)

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Bet you love blackbird

It is powered by wind to go 4 times the speed of wind, downwind.

There are also 2 veritasium and many other vids on it that try to explain how its possible.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The blackbird works because the turbine is so big, and the rest of the vehicle is very aerodynamic. Unlike that thing in the OP...

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But this one also had solar panels!

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Looks like a 100W panel, which couldn't generate enough power to propel a light-weight bicycle, let alone a moped with a battery. It might be enough to offset the weight and drag it adds, but that's only when it's in direct sunlight.