wheel cover turbine

gdewilde@gmail.com

On Dec 26, 8:04 am, "Y.Porat" <y.y.po...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 21, 10:29 pm, "gdewi...@gmail.com" <gdewi...@gmail.com> wrote:> A tire drags air along it's rim, this airstream becomes thicker and
> > more violent when you go faster. I was thinking perhaps it is possible
> > to find a way to cut this Mohawk of air into a more useful shape.
>
> > I've some what illustrated my idea here.
>
> >http://gabydewilde.googlepages.com/wheel-cover-turbine
>
> > Please share me your thoughts on this.
>
> > Thank you.
>
> > :-)
>
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> the main idea is interesting
> yet i am not optimistic as you are :
>

Oh, we all agree the initial idea doesn't work.

> obviously the cover cannot cover the bottom part of the wheel
> 2

It's just a close fit.

> the wind (air streem) will look for the easiest location to escape
> out
> the first 'hole' it will find
> is not in your 'favourit' location
> it will be just at the front- bottom location
> and it will press rather backwards !!! ??
> so the main point is missed ??
>

Normally air is dragged forwards by the wheel then sucked into the the
vacuum behind the riders back, this was the main problem the device
was trying to address. I thought the tire made just as big a
contribution to this airstream as the rider but it did not.

I've since moved on to looking at other peoples ideas. The dustbin
fairing is an interesting start at doing something with the end
product we make out of the invested energy.

Here is one.

"The Venturi Eclectic, touted as an "autonomous energy vehicle," gets
its charge from wind gusts"
http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/30/...nd-powered-car/

Read some patents here.

http://gabydewilde.googlepages.com/...ve-drag-patents

assume the self propelled research toys.

http://gabydewilde.googlepages.com/negative-drag-video

How to forge a normal vehicle that does the same thing?