My kinda propulsion system

gtvlusso

Well, we use just the good ol' human leg.....but these guys are pushing the envelope:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetohydrodynamic_drive

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voith_Schneider
http://www.voithturbo.de/545950.htm


Anyone come up with a Friday afternoon, non human, propulsion system for bikes?!

Feltup

I like gravity

don_don

I like the idea of the ion-plasma thruster. Might discourage/set fire to drafters 8)

MonkeyMonster

Scramjet? Though you'd need a good hill from start to get it going... One for bristol perhaps

Flasheart

Didn't the Red October (Tom Clancy book) have one of those in addition to propellers?

MonkeyMonster

It had water based impellers (or summit like that), big sucky and push things.

The propulsion system is described in the novel as an arrangement of pumpjets -- whereas in the film version, it is described as a magnetohydrodynamic system. The propulsion system is nicknamed "Caterpillar Drive", and makes sonar detection extremely difficult.

Specialized Needs

Feltup wrote:

I like gravity

I saw a sign on the back of a van today "Please be patient: speed limited to 56mph by law."

I thought it would be nice to have a similar sign on the back of my bike "Please be patient, speed limited by Newton's laws".