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Author: animator13

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Filesize: 45.49 kB

Date added: 2013-01-09

Rating: 5.5

Downloads: 680

Views: 611

Comments: 5

Ratings: 2

Times favored: 0

Made with: Algodoo v2.0.2 Edu

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This is a car that uses flywheels to store energy. To charge the car, the charging stations spin up the flywheels, and then that energy is used to propel the car forward. Controls are:
"b" is parking brake (toggled)
"c" to charge the car
Up to go forward (away from last used charge station)
Down to brake/back up (towards last used charge station)
To charge, drive into the charge station and then press enter to lock the car in place, then hold the shift key to charge the car. Once the charge indicator gets to green, press enter again and go.

Idea for tachometer came from Killinich.

Updated so that the flywheels can now handle 1000 rpm (instead of 700), and they charge up much faster.

Now updated to include changes requested by s_noonan. There is now a parking brake indicator, and now the controls for the parking brake is "b", and to charge is "c". As far as not being able to slow down before the charge station, I moved the first station farther away from the hill which should help some.
Last edited at 2013/01/14 13:14:03 by animator13
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Nice scene, but I have the following suggestions:

1. Add a parking brake indicator.
2. Use a different key other than "shift" for charging. Windows users may get a "sticky keys" message if shift is held down too long.
3. Make the car bidirectional. This may be difficult, but when I blow by the charging station I can't seem to back up and end up dragging the car to the charging station.

This is very good scene even without the suggested changes. I will probably rate it highly within the next week regardless of if the changes are made or not.
Hey s_noonan, thanks for the feedback.
1. Good idea, I will add that.
2. Another good suggestion, I might change some of the control keys to letters instead so that there isn't any problem like that.
3. It is bidirectional, but by the time the car is slowed down, most of the energy in the flywheels is gone, making it so you can't back up. I might just move the charging station further away from the hill so you don't have to back up at all.
I will probably update within the next few days, and I would also like to add suspension, which I might include in the update.
Very good. The more I play with it, the more I like it. I like how you can do very controlled wheelies after charging.
Ya it's fun to mess around with. I'm working on one that will use a larger flywheel, so it can hold massive amounts of energy, and the flywheel doesn't have to weigh that much. Hopefully I will be uploading that sometime today.
Cool