Hi there,

This is my last idea, a simple recuperation energy system, adaptable for almost all longboards, let me show it to you.

The idea is simple, when you are surfing with your longboard and you want to brake, or maybe if are running down a slope and you want to brake, or whenever you would like to reduce the longboard speed, you can use this system Easy-KERS for keep the energy, and recover it when you need it.

What is KERS?

KERS means Kinetic Energy Recovery System, so we are doing is a mechanism for reducing the speed of a vehicle and storing a part of this kinetic energy.
Some KERS transform this kinetic energy in electrical energy, and others KERS keeps this energy in a flywheel.
In our case, we use a flywheels in order to store this energy. That is easier, cheaper, and more efficient.
How works Easy-KERS?

Easy-Kers has two parts, one of them, is the Pedal set, and the other one, is the flywheel part. These two parts are joined by a elastic belt.

Part 1 – Braking

When you are riding fast, and you need to stop or reduce the speed, you push the pedal, Then, two rubber cylinders of rubber get in contact with the Longboard wheels. Now the elastic belt is in tension and it’s transmitting energy to the flywheel, which is beginning to whirl fast.

At this moment you are transferring energy from longboard wheels to the flywheel .

Part 2 – Energy stored
When you have stopped to brake, you lift the pedal. Thanks to the elasticity of the belt, the pedal return to the original position (no contact). Now the flywheel is whirling fast, storing the kinetic energy, although the longboard may be stopped.

Part 3 – Recover the energy.
Now it is time to recover the energy. At this moment the longboard wheels aren’t whirling or are whirling slow, and you want to take a boost.
Then you push the pedal, the belt begin to be taut and the rubber cylinders get in contact with the longboard wheels, which is whirling slower than rubber cylinders
In this part, you are transferring energy from the flywheel to longboard wheels.

Advantage and disadvantage

Advantages:

The simplicity of this KERS system makes itself:

-Cheap
-Easy to install
-Universal for almost all longboards

– The possibility of recovery energy,

– The Easy-KERS add to longboard a brake feature, that it didn’t have before.

Disadvantage

-You need modification your long permanently
-Increase the weight of longboard
-When the flywheel is turning could be adding annoying vibrations to longboard

Characteristics
Weight:

The entire assembly weighs no more than 1,4 Kg
All the kit is fabricated in aluminum, except the flywheel.
The flywheel weight is 0.9Kg, it has the most part of the weight, it is necessary for store the more possible kinetic energy.

         

How to modify the longboard:

In the next pictures, we can see how to modify the longboard.
I have done 4 configurations in Solidworks, so as to show the different types of longboard where can be mounted and the final result when it is modified.

 

 

That’s all folks¡
If you have any doubt, please don’t doubt in ask¡

Designed in SolidWorks