The Drill Bike
This Russian guy has powered his kid’s bike with the help of two electric hand drills. He says that “the bike with this new engine runs like crazy, though batteries last not to long”.
Well what do you think on this?
via Architect Volkov
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Great!!
it pretty obvious that its one drill split in two, or a driver part of one and a battery part of another.
But how he can regulate the rpm of drill unit?i mean speed of cycle.i think this bike made for high speed shoot out.
zafarad, the drill probably has a high frequency speed control. Such a control is very efficient and can vary the battery current from zero to maximum output. There is a normal motorcycle throttle on the right hand grip that is conected to the controller. The builder is very resourceful and may well incorporate improvements in battery capacity and safety. If he does, I would like to see the it.
Understand very well,thanks
Good idea if you can find cheap enough batterydrills.. I just wonder what that foremost drill is supposed to do.
Must be the throttle.
I give it 5 minutes before his kid is mangled, what with 2 chains and a kid with jeans on, it’s a disaster waiting to happen.
Cover at least the drive chain and it might be safe enough to ride.
Mangled? By a wimpy battery drill? Gimme a break! He may take a tumble, if his pants get caught in the chain, but that’s about the worst that can happen.
I think I still have scars on my leg where my pants got wrapped up in the chain, fed into the sprocket, and sacrificed my skin to the bike gods. Ankle + sharp sprocket = bandaids.
You still THINK you have scars? Meaning that they are not that visible? C’mon, there’s a huge difference between getting bandaids and getting “mangled”.
This seems much safer than a gasoline/petrol powered bicycle. People in the U.S. and Canada are much too concerned with safety. (and I am in the U.S.)
For this bicycle project I say “have fun” and if anything happens it will be a learning experience, and give the driver more wisdom.
Please, drill my ass!
FROM AN INDUSTRIAL GRADE HIGH TORQUE,HIGH SPEED AND 500000rpms.
“Mangled? By a wimpy battery drill?”
yeah, umm… u ever used a high torque wimpy battery drill?? could break your arm, or easily trap your fingers/arm between the chain/sprocket. might not make the bike move very well but could certainly hurt you, until the batteries dies of course.
“But how he can regulate the rpm of drill unit?i mean speed of cycle.i think this bike made for high speed shoot out.”
again someone who has never used a drill!!
you could regulate the speed by using the trigger switch that comes on the drill. That way, you already know it won’t get overloaded. Plus, the switches are easy to push, so a child won’t have a hard time pushing it.
я не понял,этот ляс сверлит или нет?
Wow what a great way to get rid of that pesky son….
LOL…or maybe dad.
This is for a Russian kid, not your namby pamby overprotected American type.
It’s made in America, foolio.
I’d suggest buying more batteries.
nice DIY implementation of Las Vegas based DPX Systems drill bike…
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/video/0,,20053382,00.html
2007 National Hardware Show
The bike is powered by a standard battery powered drill, and will hit 14mph, with a range of two and a half miles. DPX also make winches, wheelchairs, and an amazing “tree-puller”, which will lift a 250lb log or drag a cedar tree out by the roots (note: the cedar tree in question is pathetic, about the size of a bunch of cilantro.)
That’s versatility. Thanks for the link.
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Bigger batteries are not a problem!