Compressed air-powered motorbike

[SpankMe]

Looks interesting. Wonder what it sounds like.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/mo...at-runs-on-air

[MSTRS:Me]

...sounds like?

A fart that never ends?
Which suggests how 'reserve' might work...

[lakedaemonian]

Interesting......but it's my understanding that using compressed air as a power source has considerable drawbacks that include:

1.) sufficient storage capacity.....what PSI rating for the air bottle

2.) amount of energy invested in filling the bottle

3.) amount of energy lost when the energy is converted since it's indirectly used.

4.) heat exchange issues when bottle filled/emptied.

Probably others as well.....but cool to see folks tinkering around until we find a genuine replacement for what we've been using the last 100+ years.

[Ronin]

3 hours at 60 kph... So can you do 1 hour at 180 and enter it as a bucket?