air powered car!

[tinymonkeyt]

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/artic...erica%27s-Roads

it looks so small and petite!
too bad it can only go about 35mphs :[

 

[cepheus]

it looks sooo cute.

 

[FAST6191]

I am afraid I am going to have to be sceptical, that wide a range of fuel is going to make for some hellish corrosion issues:
A year ago I went to the US and helped my grandad (truck mechanic) out, we spent a great deal of time replacing seals and sorting engines out that did not play well even with low percentage of biodiesel fuels (10-15%).
3 years prior (when a percentage of biodiesel was a novelty of sorts) to that is was usual mechanical/electrical issues.

Likewise I can design something to take corrosion but organic products are notoriously unreliable (I played around with fuels cells using ethanol fuel and it was not easy).

 

[Ducky]

I wonder what happens if theres a storm/tornado..

 

[Little]

DO you gotta fart to make it go along?

 

[CorruptedAngel]

oooo pwettyyy.... but it seems to only have 2 wheels. now im not an expert on cars, but wont that cause problems?

 

[Little]

probably three wheels with the front one in the centre.

 

[granville]

I doubt I could fit very well in these tiny vehicles. Don't get me wrong, I'm an environmentalist, but I happen to be 6'4" tall and most normal sized cars are sometimes uncomfortable.

 

[superdude]

hey in some years it might go to 220 mph and be much bigger (by some years i mean alot)

 

[Maybe]

So my dream of this:

becoming a car is finally true.

 

[FAST6191]

If you are after interesting engines have a look at stuff like this:
http://www.engineair.com.au/airmotor.htm (also consider a search for the Wankel engine: http://www.howstuffworks.com/rotary-engine.htm/printable ).

@Maybe going off topic, I was walking through one of the less pleasant parts of town one day a couple of years back. Across the road in a preschool playground was one of those with no wheels (a la the burnt out joyride cards). I found that amusing for some reason.

 

[superdude]

maybe yes it coming true just put one of those engines and your ready to go

 

[Rock Raiyu]

that looks like a very small ugly Go-Kart..with two wheels.

 

[CorruptJon]

I could probably walk faster than that pos. lol

 

[Ferrariman]

Driving distance on one tank = not much.

 

[JPH]

Don't know why I thought of this - but looks like something Apple would make.

They look totally unsafe, small, and goofy. No thank you.

 

[gumbyscout]

OOooOOOoooo!!! I want one of those, so I can pretend I'm a clown!!! Not only that but I wouldn't have to buy gas, only a hack saw to saw off my legs so I could fit in it

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Edit: I just noticed, where is the door? Does one just get in the back and muscle themselves around the seats?