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Air-powered motorcycle has arrived

Thank you for your comments. I apologize for not including information on the range -- this post has now been updated.
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Lieu

It will be refillable very quickly and cheaply as long as one has an air compressor. Range is a question if it has less range than a capacitor vs a batter but if its comparable it could be very interesting.

Can recoupe some air presser with the shocks and tire rotion.Will give you more distance.Like one person said even pedel power can pump air.Then if you are to lazy you can let solar power do the work.Thats the kind of thought we need,not critics (somehow) knowing it can't work for them.

200 bar= 2900 psi . a small solar panel that would fit on the bike would not produce anywhere near the power required to run a compressor capable of filling a scuba tank, not to mention the size of the compressor. a quick search shows a small portable scuba compressor weighs 80 lbs. with a 3HP motor and requires 28 amps at 115 volts.

Has anyone checked out the cost of a scuba tank of air? And how much energy (of what source?) goes to produce the compressed air?

Nobody said this was free energy, but the article did suggest running a compressor off of a solar panel. Yeah, it takes energy to build an air compressor too. I don't think compressed air tanks at gas stations go to 200 bar, but that would be a refill option if it did.

There is no "free energy". Those who would have you believe it are frauds. Those who refute "free energy" generally are making the argument that the plan isn't a 100% solution and should be dismissed outright.

Novel work. Get the range to 1-1.5 hours and it would be viable for city commuting.

Well, as long as there are new ideas that can one day replace petroleum, please do more to encourage...not criticize. We need new developments, not stagnant for a better tomorrow for our kids. we can 't be fighting for oil or face oiltycoons cartels forever. The bike can have a modified, efficient air compressor running on fan belt to replenish the air (similar to car aircon compressor for small cars). If you read this : give it a try, Ben.

1st: loss of energy at refill, compressed air heating up
2nd: air tank cools down during decompression.
3rd: need for electricity for headlight etc...*an alternator would do.

My take is Air engine has lower efficiency and range, but at lower cost.

BTW my electric bike does 10 miles easily on one charge.

yeah but unfortunately all the heavy earths for your battery come from china. This whole electric thing transfers the power from the oil producers to the heavy earth producers.

THAT WILL GIVE THE RANGE.

Range of 10 km would be about 50% more than that froggy aircar that has been '1 year from production' for the last 10 or more years.
A good design exercise Dean, but air won't cut the mustard.

So compromise with a hybrid - two smaller tank, and have a small gasolone engine filling tanks alternately..? Anyway, it's a start

I like it as a motorcycle mechanic I would say there could be a future for this technology, a compressor filling station could be driven by wind or water power if green is your thing,up the pressure and size and construction of air tank would add to the range, air hoggs toys show that even in very basic form air power can work well. john new zealand

It's not air powered. It's solar powered, at least in concept. The sun provides the energy, the air is simply a medium used to store, transfer and control the energy.
I'd say a bike is a good place to start because of the light weight and power demand. I think it has great potential.

"It'll never work!" cries Big Oil, as they buy and shelf the patent. "Now, be good little consumers and go to the gas station. The price has only gone up a few cents in the past couple of hours...."

One thought, if no one has already brought this up, would be to increase range with regenerative braking, where the engine is used to pump the tank.
Short range is OK for many users. I think this will likely get lighter, closer to the form-factor of a bicycle or moped.

Eon are the power source of the Olympics so if the withdraw from the deal at the last minute they will be no power at the Olympics so no air power motobike.
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