My kinda propulsion system

gtvlusso
gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
edited September 2009 in Commuting chat
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?!

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  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    I like gravity :D
    Short hairy legged roadie FCN 4 or 5 in my baggies.

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  • don_don
    don_don Posts: 1,007
    I like the idea of the ion-plasma thruster. Might discourage/set fire to drafters 8)
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,628
    Scramjet? Though you'd need a good hill from start to get it going... One for bristol perhaps
    Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
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  • Flasheart
    Flasheart Posts: 1,278
    Didn't the Red October (Tom Clancy book) have one of those in addition to propellers?
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,628
    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.
    Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
    The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]
  • Specialized Needs
    Specialized Needs Posts: 802
    Feltup wrote:
    I like gravity :D
    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".

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