What's new
  • If you were supposed to get an email from the forum but didn't (e.g. to verify your account for registration), email Wes at [email protected] or talk to me on Discord for help. Sometimes the server hits our limit of emails we can send per hour.
  • Get in our Discord chat! Discord.gg/stararmy
  • 📅 May and June 2024 are YE 46.4 in the RP.

Lorath Motor Vehicle - "Lo-Car"

DocTomoe

DocTomoe

Well-Known Member
[Lorath Automotive] [001]
[Lo-Car Motor Vehicle – Hybrid Car.]
History and Background: Due to the expanse of the Lorath civilization upon the planet Lor, personal ground vehicles were deemed a practical invention. Electrical power was chosen for these vehicles due to the pollution reduction efforts that have been ordered by the Lorath government. Additionaly it was found that additional components were required to allow for enhanced proformance for the vehicle. Additionaly the vehicles were produced in limited numbers to prevent the population from becoming "lazyâ€
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
DocTomoe said:
Role: Obstacle removal.
Click to expand...

*wink wink nudge nudge*

:\

Is a gatling gun really appropriate for this role(yeah I know, I'm one to talk)? Couldn't you get better results with a regular cannon? Say, 50mm in diameter, barrel length about 25cm. Shoots a low-velocity explosive charge? Meh, whatever, just a larger cannon will probably yield better results.
 
The weapon is very optional, the vehicle is intended to be more of a "family sedan". I mostly put the option of putting a weapon on the car due to the wildlife of Lor being quite... hostile. Most other obsticles can be delt with by the raisers, allowing for a higher ground clearance.
 
Pardon me, but... *Bump*

This has been posted for quite some time and I am unsure of the reason for this technology to remain unapproved.
 
Doc the reason is obviouly that nobody has used the pun "lo-rider" yet :D

Besides people overlooking it.

One point of note, Wankel engines arn't exactly known for there fuel efficiency, in fact the majority of them have poor fuel efficiency. Even the best can be out-preformed(in efficiency) by other engine types as far as I know.
 
As far as I can tell, i've worked out any kinks that I can notice in this vehicle, if anyone else has anything they'd like to bring up about this vehicle, feel free. Otherwise, i'm kinda waiting for approval here.
 
Approved. I don't think the gatling gun is appropriate though.
 
Uso Tasuki said:
Just to note such a system is completely redundent as it is physically impossible for such a system to be of any use because of conservation of energy. Creating an electric current will natrually provide greater resistance for the wheel and sense energy is required to get the wheel moving in the first place and physics dictate that you can't have 100% efficency in this kind of instance you are going to have to put in more energy to move the vehicle than you will gain back from having the flywheel.
Click to expand...

Uso, the empire violates this principle of thermodynamics on a routine basis. Why are you bringing it up for this?
 
I believe the flywheel would only generate energy while the car is braking. I believe I've read about real hybrid cars using something like this to recharge the battery while braking, but don't quote me on that.
 
I don't think so, as that is what the regenerative breaking thing is. The flywheel sounds like another peice of equipment.
 
Isn't a flywheel used to help regulate excess throttle? That's what it does on a motorcycle, so far as I know ... the flywheel absorbes some of the rpms a motor would normally produce when you crack the throttle. A bike's camshaft(s) would simply snap without a flywheel because the motor would hit 25,000 rpms or something ridiculous with just a touch of throttle.

The Wiki says I'm right, but Doc might be on to something. But it suggests the flywheel as we know it is a temporary power booster, not a battery system -- though the latter's being investigated.
 
A flywheel can not boost power, it is there to absorb power. It would be like having the breaks on all the time to some extent. The only boost of power you could get from it would be by turning it off or removing it from the system entirely to improve efficiency.
 
Un-approved until this flywheel stuff is worked out.
 
The flywheel is still improperly used because you were taking liberties with what you found on google. Again, the flywheel can not be used to boost power as you wanted to do with it. It is merely there to absorb energy and in the case of the links you provided to power a generator which generated current to charge batteries which in turn was used with the electric engine to power the car.

The flywheel was not there to increase power but to regulate power flow like Jun said.
 
Regenerative Systems (4): The Lorath vehicles are also equipped with a braking system that transfers the energy generated by the friction of the brake slowing or stopping to the vehicle, this is called "Regenerative Brakingâ€
Click to expand...
 
In which case this goes back to my original argument of the flywheel being redundant as you already have a regenerative breaking system though sense the separate flywheel description has been removed from the submission it really doesn't matter.

Although the original description of the energy being used to move the car being recycled is still inaccurate as under your description as now the flywheel only applies to recovering breaking energy as it should.
 
I might make this sound symplistic, but here's what I see :

Tomoe : Behold, the Lorath have cars! Can I add a gun on them too?

Wes : No.

Tomoe : Aww, arright.

Uso Tasuki : I don't like the way your engine-flywheel-thingamajig works!

Doshii Jun : I don't think it's that bad...

Tomoe : I found some references too.

Uso Tasuki : Flywheels still suxors!
Click to expand...

*sigh* Tomoe made a Lorath car. It's workings don't quite match our understanding of how cars work. So what? It's fictive science, hence the term 'science fiction'.
 
RPG-D RPGfix
Back
Top