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Air-Powered Wheelchair Goes Like the Wind

20 pointsby seycombiabout 8 years ago

4 comments

pdelbarbaabout 8 years ago
Yes it recharges quickly, but equipment to refill 1000+psi tanks is not going to be very common (your garage air compressor can do maybe 150psi). For the mass of those tanks, you could put in a lot of lithium cells, which are only increasing in energy density and in a pinch you can plug into any wall outlet to recharge.
ferongrabout 8 years ago
I'd rather sit on 1KW/h worth of lithium cells than 1000 PSI tanks and fittings.
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vkouabout 8 years ago
What is its energy efficiency? How much energy do we lose to waste heat when compressing air to 1000 PSI?
xutopiaabout 8 years ago
What's the speed and distance you can get on those? What about pricing compared to electric models?