It is too long of a story for me to write at the moment, but things are not going well for me, even if they are going better than expected. Considering the circumstances, I'm doing okay for now. Things could have gotten a lot worse for me.
I have a job as a dishwasher at a restaurant with my engineering degree(I've been looking for something better paying and related to my degree for years) and I have components on the way to finish one of my custom built vehicle projects. Here's some video of what I built back in 2017, going down the street, entirely under pedal power:
https://vimeo.com/284616898
https://vimeo.com/284616919
These videos were from 2018 and some random person filmed me riding 30 mph on flat ground and doing 40 mph downhill, which a friend discovered the footage of on social media and shared with me, which I then uploaded to another site. I was able to reach 35 mph on flat ground with this design, entirely under pedal power, but cruising speed was closer to about 21 mph.
I've built an updated body shell with better aerodynamics that I currently cannot get access to and install on the vehicle(another long story) which would allow me to reach over 40 mph just pedaling it with no other motive force, and perhaps a 25 mph flat ground cruising speed if the math is right.
An electric motor is in my possession, and the rest of the parts needed to make it run on are on the way as we speak. This vehicle will eventually be able to reach highway speeds and accelerate like a car. The chassis and suspension are rugged enough to handle 40 mph all day long and brief sprints to highway speeds. Legally, it's a bicycle, and doesn't move unless you pedal it like one. This will be true with the motor installed as well, given the way I will be setting it up. Once the motor is installed, I'm probably looking at 0-30 mph in 4 seconds, 0-60 mph around 15 seconds, and a top speed around 65 mph, with my pedaling adding usable power at all possible operating points. Range is probably going to be around 200 miles at 30 mph, 150 miles at 40 mph, 60 miles at 60 mph, with the motor on, and given how small the battery pack is going to be, could be recharged from empty in 15 minutes from a household clothes dryer outlet. Given that it can be pedaled faster than a normal bicycle with the motor turned completely off, it could be pedaled to an outlet for a recharge when the battery runs dead or if the electric drive system fails, and it's quite feasible one could cover 500 miles a day or more in such a vehicle.
It's merely the first prototype of what will evolve into a car-like vehicle. In the long run, I've got in mind building something quite ridiculous from a performance standpoint(0-60 mph under 4 seconds with a top speed of 100+ mph is doable with today's tech and enough money), that can still be ridden like a bicycle with the motor disabled and a dead battery and picked up and carried into an apartment, but I have to get there from where I am at now.
I've also been working on an RPGM MV project. It's not Police State, but something far more grotesque, macabre, and disturbing. I'll be posting about it over the next few days. Police State is not dead, but definitely on hiatus, as it's a much bigger game in size and scope than this side project and I'd like to get something out in a year or two.
I have a job as a dishwasher at a restaurant with my engineering degree(I've been looking for something better paying and related to my degree for years) and I have components on the way to finish one of my custom built vehicle projects. Here's some video of what I built back in 2017, going down the street, entirely under pedal power:
https://vimeo.com/284616898
https://vimeo.com/284616919
These videos were from 2018 and some random person filmed me riding 30 mph on flat ground and doing 40 mph downhill, which a friend discovered the footage of on social media and shared with me, which I then uploaded to another site. I was able to reach 35 mph on flat ground with this design, entirely under pedal power, but cruising speed was closer to about 21 mph.
I've built an updated body shell with better aerodynamics that I currently cannot get access to and install on the vehicle(another long story) which would allow me to reach over 40 mph just pedaling it with no other motive force, and perhaps a 25 mph flat ground cruising speed if the math is right.
An electric motor is in my possession, and the rest of the parts needed to make it run on are on the way as we speak. This vehicle will eventually be able to reach highway speeds and accelerate like a car. The chassis and suspension are rugged enough to handle 40 mph all day long and brief sprints to highway speeds. Legally, it's a bicycle, and doesn't move unless you pedal it like one. This will be true with the motor installed as well, given the way I will be setting it up. Once the motor is installed, I'm probably looking at 0-30 mph in 4 seconds, 0-60 mph around 15 seconds, and a top speed around 65 mph, with my pedaling adding usable power at all possible operating points. Range is probably going to be around 200 miles at 30 mph, 150 miles at 40 mph, 60 miles at 60 mph, with the motor on, and given how small the battery pack is going to be, could be recharged from empty in 15 minutes from a household clothes dryer outlet. Given that it can be pedaled faster than a normal bicycle with the motor turned completely off, it could be pedaled to an outlet for a recharge when the battery runs dead or if the electric drive system fails, and it's quite feasible one could cover 500 miles a day or more in such a vehicle.
It's merely the first prototype of what will evolve into a car-like vehicle. In the long run, I've got in mind building something quite ridiculous from a performance standpoint(0-60 mph under 4 seconds with a top speed of 100+ mph is doable with today's tech and enough money), that can still be ridden like a bicycle with the motor disabled and a dead battery and picked up and carried into an apartment, but I have to get there from where I am at now.
I've also been working on an RPGM MV project. It's not Police State, but something far more grotesque, macabre, and disturbing. I'll be posting about it over the next few days. Police State is not dead, but definitely on hiatus, as it's a much bigger game in size and scope than this side project and I'd like to get something out in a year or two.
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