DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWind/solar motorcycle looks like an April Fools' joke ... but it's legitnewatlas.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkWind/solar motorcycle looks like an April Fools' joke ... but it's legitnewatlas.comDudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoAh yes because a wind generator is magic. (It would work if the bike is stationary or in some conditions if the wind direction is right relative to the bike direction.) But probably it loses more in drag than it gains in generation, except when the bike is stopped
minus-squareWild_Mastic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoYeah I meant while in motion. Otherwise airplanes with propellers wouldn’t need fuel.
Ah yes because a wind generator is magic.
(It would work if the bike is stationary or in some conditions if the wind direction is right relative to the bike direction.)
But probably it loses more in drag than it gains in generation, except when the bike is stopped
Yeah I meant while in motion. Otherwise airplanes with propellers wouldn’t need fuel.