Australian engineers have designed a concept air-fueled motorbike that they claim could remove all obstacles associated with air-fueled vehicles, and smash the land speed record in the process.
The motorcycle, known as Green Speed Air Powered Motorcycle, is based on a 1970 Suzuki GP100 with pretty much everything removed apart from the frame, wheels and brakes. A compact yet powerful rotary air engine, invented by Melbourne engineer Angelo Di Pietro, runs on compressed air and is capable of revving up to an incredible 10,000 RPM, meaning the bike only needs one gear! (More Photo’s after the jump).
Once mass produced, the bike, work of industrial designer Edwin Yi Yuan in partnership with RMIT University, will feature integrated solar panels that will generate enough energy to compress air and store it in the bike’s tanks, increase its range indefinitely.
If I were you, I wouldn’t plan on taking one of these babies for a spin on the highway just yet though – to maximize the top speed the carbon-fiber machine has no headlight, brake light or indicator lights.
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what is surprising is the size of those compress air tanks. tiny for compress air powered vehicle.
what is surprising is the size of those compress air tanks. tiny for compress air powered vehicle.
I’m sure they’re just big enough to hit top speed and that’s it, they don’t want to put anything else on it to keep them from the record speed. They will need some kind of compressor later if they wanted to mass produce them. Which will no doubt call for some kind of alt energy source unless they can figure out some way to reuse the air that is expelled or the energy that comes with reaching top speed, which should be fun trying to figure out how to keep it small and practical. I don’t see it on the road anytime soon though it would be quite the challenge to find something that would keep the compression at a constant without using some kind of fuel and if you where going to make something with batteries you might as well take the air engine out of it unless it would use less energy to run the compressors than an electric motor. I’m sure they are far ahead in figuring out the problem. Hope to see them on the road soon.
I’m sure they’re just big enough to hit top speed and that’s it, they don’t want to put anything else on it to keep them from the record speed. They will need some kind of compressor later if they wanted to mass produce them. Which will no doubt call for some kind of alt energy source unless they can figure out some way to reuse the air that is expelled or the energy that comes with reaching top speed, which should be fun trying to figure out how to keep it small and practical. I don’t see it on the road anytime soon though it would be quite the challenge to find something that would keep the compression at a constant without using some kind of fuel and if you where going to make something with batteries you might as well take the air engine out of it unless it would use less energy to run the compressors than an electric motor. I’m sure they are far ahead in figuring out the problem. Hope to see them on the road soon.
I’m sure they’re just big enough to hit top speed and that’s it, they don’t want to put anything else on it to keep them from the record speed. They will need some kind of compressor later if they wanted to mass produce them. Which will no doubt call for some kind of alt energy source unless they can figure out some way to reuse the air that is expelled or the energy that comes with reaching top speed, which should be fun trying to figure out how to keep it small and practical. I don’t see it on the road anytime soon though it would be quite the challenge to find something that would keep the compression at a constant without using some kind of fuel and if you where going to make something with batteries you might as well take the air engine out of it unless it would use less energy to run the compressors than an electric motor. I’m sure they are far ahead in figuring out the problem. Hope to see them on the road soon.
A correction, The project was by an Industrial Design Studio group of third year students. Edwins CAD renderings are the visualised a result of a mere 12 weeks of work. The tank size, body shape and engine theoretically will create a landspeed record. The project continues intergrating all that has been learned during the first iteration.
A correction, The project was by an Industrial Design Studio group of third year students. Edwins CAD renderings are the visualised a result of a mere 12 weeks of work. The tank size, body shape and engine theoretically will create a landspeed record. The project continues intergrating all that has been learned during the first iteration.
A correction, The project was by an Industrial Design Studio group of third year students. Edwins CAD renderings are the visualised a result of a mere 12 weeks of work. The tank size, body shape and engine theoretically will create a landspeed record. The project continues intergrating all that has been learned during the first iteration.
I think It’s awesome, the future of the new industrial motorbikes.