Can hydraulic systems replace ebikes in power assisted cycle

[anorlunda]

It is very hard to be an inventor if you can't do the calculations and check the conservation laws, and don't have support from a helper who can do it for you.

Without that, about the only way to succeed is to build a working prototype.

 

[RonL]

It is very hard to be an inventor if you can't do the calculations and check the conservation laws, and don't have support from a helper who can do it for you.

Without that, about the only way to succeed is to build a working prototype.

I agree for the most part, but being an inventor of things in ones mind is easy, transferring the ideas to others becomes the hard part if one does not have the proper education.
Before this thread goes into the almost dead zone, I do want to encourage anyone in a mechanical or electrical path to look very closely at what is possible with both hydraulic and electric working together, they are almost the same in many ways.
This might make a great senior project and in my mind has some very unique variations of what is the current norm.

 

[russ_watters]

I agree for the most part, but being an inventor of things in ones mind is easy, transferring the ideas to others becomes the hard part if one does not have the proper education.

Inventing things in your mind isn't inventing, it is imagining. Inventing means actually designing or creating the thing.

 

[RonL]

Inventing things in your mind isn't inventing, it is imagining. Inventing means actually designing or creating the thing.

I will have to respectfully disagree, the patent office has many patents, filed by inventors, which have never been built.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention

Invention is often a creative process. An open and curious mind allows an inventor to see beyond what is known. Seeing a new possibility, connection or relationship can spark an invention. Inventive thinking frequently involves combining concepts or elements from different realms that would not normally be put together. Sometimes inventors disregard the boundaries between distinctly separate territories or fields.[citation needed] Several concepts may be considered when thinking about invention.

Re-envision[edit]
To invent is to see anew. Inventors often envision a new idea, seeing it in their mind's eye. New ideas can arise when the conscious mind turns away from the subject or problem when the inventor's focus is on something else, or while relaxing or sleeping. A novel idea may come in a flash—a Eureka! moment. For example, after years of working to figure out the general theory of relativity, the solution came to Einstein suddenly in a dream "like a giant die making an indelible impress, a huge map of the universe outlined itself in one clear vision".[15] Inventions can also be accidental, such as in the case of polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon).

 

[johnsherdy10]

This is great idea! But transferring the ideas to becomes real so hard.Anyone help you ?

 

[RonL]

This is great idea! But transferring the ideas to becomes real so hard.Anyone help you ?

Not sure if this is directed at Tabaristiio or me, so I'll give my short answer...this is basically the first time I have shown my drawings to anyone, as I had pretty well come to a conclusion the design would be far too complicated for a minimal return.