Wow, thats the strangest thing ever.
What happens if the horse gets in an accident going 100MPH? or would the
horse be providing purely the house power with a human steering it?
I agree though, it is a strange experiment. Having a horses power "geared"
as to provide a more convenient speed for today's go-getter people.
Good work on the self powered saw by the way... more things should require
pedalling to operate. Maybe north americans would be a bit less fat if that
were the case. It's also funny thinking about the simple things that could
be human powered that aren't, instead people plug [censored] in.. then drive over
the gym and sweat to the oldies on the stationary bike for 40 minutes.
I've always wanted to have a house with the whole bottom floor a gym. Then
all the treadmills and excercise bikes and stuff could power stuff in my
house. People would also be paying a membership to power my house.. so I'd
have cash!
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Mike Beauchamp
http://www.therevox.com - custom electro-theremins and stuff.
http://www.mikebeauchamp.com - mike's personal site.
"Dennis Farr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:200 years ago horses operated stationary treadmills for powering
machines. They also had these on ferry boats.
I'd like to see how fast and far a horse treadmill on wheels could go.
I think a good goal for a horse and driver would be 100 fairly flat
miles at 35 mph, faster than Lance Armstrong or Smarty Jones.
This could even be practical for people in poor areas who rely on
animal power, although I don't know if even I believe I'd ever see a
water buffalo on wheels.
I don't have any resources (or horses) so I'd just like to spread the
idea and see if someone figures out a way to do it.
Many years ago I built a working self-powered table saw from an old
ten-speed. then I found out these things were common just before the
invention of cheap electric motors. So I think we need to give horses
a chance to ride, and see what happens. Gas would probably have to be
about $100/gal to make this practical here, but who says something has
to be practical to be interesting.
Dennis Farr
