Electric unicycle

Graeme · Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:51 am Post subject: Electric unicycle

Transport for a post-peak world:

http://tlb.org/eunicycle.html

Graeme

Tanada · Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: Electric unicycle

Would you really spend $1500.00 for a one person dynamically balanced ride only good for smooth surfaces when the same investment would allow you to conver two tandem bicycles into a four person very stable and all terrain qudracycle? Said Quadracycle also would be useful for pulling say a small trailer full of groceries?
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The_Toecutter · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Jun 18, 2005 Posts: 1731

It is possible to do a 50 mph capable, 20 mile range electric car conversion for that price with a contactor controller, surplus aircract starter-generator, homebuilt full-wave bridge rectifier charger, and a set of golf cart batteries. Find a cheap $300 beater and about $1,200 or so takes care of the rest.

But it won't be very fast, user-friendly, and will pose its own set of hazards. First and foremost, without a proper charging algorithm and battery regulation system, your battery pack will be lucky to last more than 5,000 miles under this setup.
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