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Wind Energy AIDED Car again. | 9 comments (9 topical, editorial)
Re: Wind Energy AIDED Car again. (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by spinningmagnets (velmis1450bc(at)aol(dot)com) on Fri Sep 12th, 2008 at 03:52:49 PM MST
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Sail wagons and iceboats have lots of elbow room, and even then they sometimes blow over onto their sides. A car with a significant wind-gen will have lots of resistance, and will get knocked around in a gust.

You first mentioned (in the other post) that you wanted something that would extend your range. If its for an Electric Vehicle (EV) a small lightweight trailer that runs in the cars wake can have a small engine and a generator, possibly even a small diesel running off of free used restaurant cooking oil.

In a government funded study, a series hybrid car needed a generator that was rated for twice the Watts as the driving motor because of all the efficiency losses of conversion.



Wind Energy AIDED Car again. | 9 comments (9 topical, 0 editorial)

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