Not a totally bad idea. Of course you can’t have the people on the blades, but you could have a chain drive to the rider’s wheel. That would allow for a clutch, so you can stop the passenger wheel for loading while the windmill continues to turn. It would also allow for the addition of a continuously variable transmission, which would give speed control for the passenger wheel (it could be controlled by governor operating off the windmill itself.
Yakety Sax 7 months ago
Until a knot loosens. . . . .
Imagine 7 months ago
Round and round they go. Where they will land, nobody knows.
rekam Premium Member 7 months ago
Oy!
alikgator 7 months ago
Oh ok that’s why people say that windmills make noise
Doug K 7 months ago
Sadly, with people tied to the blades, they don’t turn as fast.
P51Strega 7 months ago
Not a totally bad idea. Of course you can’t have the people on the blades, but you could have a chain drive to the rider’s wheel. That would allow for a clutch, so you can stop the passenger wheel for loading while the windmill continues to turn. It would also allow for the addition of a continuously variable transmission, which would give speed control for the passenger wheel (it could be controlled by governor operating off the windmill itself.
Gameguy49 Premium Member 7 months ago
Good idea, the birds and bats will bounce right off. Except for the ones that go into those wide open mouths.
ladykat 7 months ago
Must be a particularly windy day.
Frank Burns Eats Worms 7 months ago
It’s a wind-win.
lemonbaskt 7 months ago
ut oh windmill are the whales gonna be safe
Lynnjav 7 months ago
The windmills I’ve seen don’t go that fast.
timinwsac Premium Member 7 months ago
Hopefully they are wearing hearing protection because the noise that windmills make causes cancer.
"It's the End of the World!!!" Premium Member 7 months ago
That ride idea isn’t all that far off from what some rides at the amusement parks do.
wildlandwaters 7 months ago
where’s Don Quixote when you need ’im?